British Railways in Transition. The economic problems of Britain's railways since 1914

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Deals with the railway transport industry from 1914, notably 'economic aspects of [its] ... development and operation' through wartime, the groupings of 1923, nationalisation, operation under public ownership, etc - 'the primary aim of the book is to discuss and analyse the economic problems of the railways since 1914'. Chapters include: 1] 'The development of the British railway system before 1914' - excess capacity, competition, pricing policies, efficiency, etc; 2] 'British Railways in war and peace, 1914-39' - wartime controls, investment, pricing policy, reorganisation, impact of motor transport, technical progress, government policy, etc; 3] 'Wartime control and nationalisation' - wartime controls, wartime operations, motives for nationalisation, Transport Act 1947; 4] 'Railways under the British Transport Commission' - statistical record, division between road and rail, costing and pricing policy, elimination of excess capacity; 5] 'Investment, modernisation and efficiency' - pattern of investment, modernisation, efficiency, etc; 6] 'A revolution on the railways - transport policy in the 1960s' - Transport Act 1962, Reshaping Report, Beeching proposals, impact of reforms, etc; 7] 'Retrospect and prospect'