Losing Track. An insider's story of Britain's railway transformation from British Rail to the present day, 1968-2019
Details:
- Author(s) Nelson, John
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2019
- Pages 294pp
- Publisher New Generation Publishing
Topics:
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
Countries:
Library:
- Name National Railway Museum Library
- City York
- County North Yorkshire
- Country England
- Postcode YO26 4XJ
- Visit National Railway Museum Library's website
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Notes:
The writer was a career railway manager from 1968, leading British Rail Eastern Region, 1987-92, and Network South East, 1992-97. Provides a critical account of the railway system which is regarded as neither entirely privatised nor fit for purpose. Describes post Beeching British Rail; commercialisation of British Rail in the 1980s; the ideological privatisation process of the 1990s; the award of the first franchises and the motivations of their owners; failure of Railtrack and franchising; etc.