Organisation of British Railways

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Scholarly account. Draws on M R Bonavia, 'Organisation of British Railways, 1948-64', PhD, London School of Economics, 1968. Deals with British railways largely post nationalisation and prior to reorganisation under the British Railways Board. Structured in four parts: 1] 'The evolution of railway organisation to 1948' - 'Organisation before 1923' / 'The amalgamated companies' organisation from 1923-1948'; 2] 'Railway organisation, 1948-1962' - 'The Transport Act, 1947' / 'Relations between the BTC [British Transport Commission] and the RE [Railway Executive], 1948-53' / 'The Transport Act 1953 and railway reorganisation' / 'The BTC as railway manager, 1953-1962' / 'Regional management and the problem of regional boundaries' / 'The Transport Act 1962'; 3] 'Organisation since 1962' - 'Internal organisational changes, 1962-69' / 'The government and railway organisation from 1962 until the Transport Act 1968' / 'The Transport Act 1968'' / 'McKinsey and after'; 4] 'Railway organisation in the light of general principles' - 'Federal and functional decentralisation and general management' / 'The span and chain of command' / 'Line and staff' / 'Delegation and control'