Ernest Marples. The shadow behind Beeching
Details:
- Author(s) Brandon, David, & Martin Upham
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2022
- Pages 224pp; illus
- Publisher Pen & Sword Transport
- Place Published Barnsley
Topics:
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Focuses on Ernest Marples, Tory Minister of Transport, 1959-64, [as well as heading other ministries], and his transport policy of rail versus road and railways versus motorways. Covers, inter alia, the Beeching Report on the rationalisation / reorganisation of the railway network