The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under the name of 'British Railways'...
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Britain 1830–1922 History of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947 History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 History of rail transport...
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the fifth most used in the world (Great Britain ranks 23rd in world population). Unlike a number of other countries, rail travel in the United Kingdom...
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The period from 1995 covers the history of rail transport in Great Britain following the privatisation of British Rail. During this period, passenger volumes...
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British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948...
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Transport in the United Kingdom is highly facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. Transport is a devolved matter with each of the countries...
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The privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into...
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The history of rail transport in Tanzania began in the late nineteenth century. From about 1880 to 1888, a tramway operated in Zanzibar, then ruled by...
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ScotRail. The Social Democratic Party supports renationalising the railways. Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railways History of rail transport in Great Britain...
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was heavily involved in the early development of railway transport. Belgium was the second country in Europe, after Great Britain, to open a railway and...
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at Harrow and Wealdstone Station in the London Midland Region, British Railways (PDF). Ministry of Transport, Rail Accident Investigation Branch. p. 1...
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railways History of rail transport in Great Britain List of British electric locomotives Rail Infrastructure and Assets...
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Rail transport in China began in the late nineteenth century during the Qing dynasty. Since then, the Chinese rail network has become one of the largest...
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British Transport Police (BTP; Welsh: Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig) is a national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales...
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History of rail transport American business history Confederate railroads in the American Civil War High-speed rail in the United States History of rail...
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launched in the city of Hamburg, Germany. History of rail transport History of rail transport in Great Britain Years in rail transport Timeline of United...
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Railway nationalisation (redirect from Rail nationalization)
nationalisation is the act of taking rail transport assets into public ownership. Several countries have at different times nationalised part or all of their railway...
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railway services in Great Britain, trading under the brand name British Railways and, from 1965, British Rail. It did not operate railways in Northern Ireland...
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United Kingdom (redirect from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island)
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the...
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Civil War. Notions of socialism in Great Britain have taken many different forms from the utopian philanthropism of Robert Owen through to the reformist...
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Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the early 21st century. Scotland and England (including Wales, which had been treated as part of England...
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services (see British Rail brand names for a full history). In 1982, the British Railways Board divided its operations into a number of sectors (sectorisation)...
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centuries to cover much of the city and greater Melbourne area. The metropolitan network is a suburban rail system designed to transport passengers from Melbourne's...
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services run by British Rail between London and Scotland, Cornwall, Wales, and Northern England in Great Britain. Services were not provided in Northern Ireland...
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NI Railways (redirect from Ulster Transport Railways)
Metro (formerly Citybus). The rail network in Northern Ireland is not part of the National Rail network of Great Britain, nor does it use Standard Gauge...
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railways List of closed railway stations in Britain History of rail transport in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch"...
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operating in February 1996 as Great Western Trains, as part of the privatisation of British Rail. In December 1998, it became First Great Western after...
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revolution, had the effect of closely intertwining the economies of India and Great Britain. In fact, many of the major changes in transport and communications...
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London (redirect from London, Great Britain)
"Rail". London First. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Smithers, Andrew (8 December 2020). "Great Britain National...
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bibliography for the history of rail transport in Ireland. 35 Years of NIR 1967 to 2002 - Allen, Jonathon M - 2003, ISBN 1-904242-00-6 A History of Northern Ireland...
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