British Rail: A New History
From its creation after the Second World War, through its fifty-year lifetime, British Rail was an innovative powerhouse that transformed our transport system. Uniting disparate lines into a highly competent organisation - heralding 'The Age of the Train' - and, for a time, providing one of the fastest regular rail services in the world.
Born into post-war austerity, traumatised, impoverished and exploited by a hostile press, the state-owned railway was dismissed as a dinosaur unable to evolve and sold off. Now, award-winning writer Christian Wolmar provides a new perspective on national loss in a time of privatisation.
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464390
| SKU | 464390 |
|---|---|
| Library reference | 9780241456200 |
| Brand | Penguin |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Format | Hardback |
| pages | 416 |
| published | June 2022 |
| Author | Christian Wolmar |
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