A NEW body called Great British Railways (GBR) will take over the operation and planning of Britain's rail infrastructure and set and collect most fares and determine timetables. The announcement was made on 20 May and is the outcome of the long-running Williams-Shapps review into the railway...
Excerpt from British Railways and the Great War, Vol. 1: Organisation, Efforts, Difficulties and Achievements When, shortly after the outbreak of war and the successful dispatch of the Expeditionary Force to France, it became evident that railways were to play a part of primary importance in ...
The Great Western Railway Under the British Railways Act of 1921.The Great Western Railway Under the British Railways Act of 1921.Investigates the effect of the 1921 Railways Act on the railway industry in Great Britain. Consolidation of the English railways into several systems; Failure to introdu...
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by H Roger Grant (bio) Railwaymen, Politics and Money: The Great Age of Railways in Britain , by Adrian Vaughan; pp. xi + 407. London: John Murray, 1997, 25.00. The Oxford Companion to British Railway History...
February 27, 2023 Many collaborators around the world have started submitting their pavilion concepts, all under the theme of the Biennale:The Laboratory of the Futurefor the18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. This year, theBritish Pavilionwill be curated by Jayden ...
As one of the four commandants general of the Transvaal, Pretorius played a leading role in negotiations with the British (who had removed the price on his head). At the time, the British were reluctant to spend money on attempts to administer the Southern African interior, and negotiations...
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IT has been clear for a long time that the proposed legislation which would formally create Great British Railways was not going to be put forward in this Parliament. This was confirmed in the King's Speech last month when, instead of launching the legislative process, it was announced that ...
British Railways Past and Present is a natio nwide series of books featuring photos of railway locations taken several decades ago and comparing them with the same s cene today. This volume covers Avon, Cotswolds and the Malve rns. 'Geoff Dowling...