Author: Maurice Drummond GrevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Chronological List of the Railways of Cheshire, 1837-1939
Author: Maurice Drummond GrevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
The Development of Transportation in Modern England
Author: William T. JackmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429614365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Published in 1962: In offering this work as a modest contribution to our knowledge of the economic development of England from the standpoint of transportation, the author must say, in the first place that he has endeavoured to adhere rigidly to the subject in hand, withour making deviations into collateral fields
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Author: Historic Society of Lancashire and CheshirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
The World's First Railway System
Author: Mark CassonPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191570419
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes. This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternaive network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done. It reveals how weaknesses in regulation and defects in government policy resulted in enormous inefficiency in the Victorian system that Britain lives with today. British railway companies developed into powerful regional monopolies, which then contested each other's territories. When denied access to existing lines in rival territories, they built duplicate lines instead. Plans for an integrated national system, sponsored by William Gladstone, were blocked by Members of Parliament because of a perceived conflict with the local interests they represented. Each town wanted more railways than its neighbours, and so too many lines were built. The costs of these surplus lines led ultimately to higher fares and freight charges, which impaired the performance of the economy. The book will be the definitive source of reference for those interested in the economic history of the British railway system. It makes use of a major new historical source, deposited railway plans, integrates transport and local history through its regional analysis of the railway system, and provides a comprehensive, classified bibliography.
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The West Midlands. 3rd ed. rev
Author: David St. John ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ...
Author: Historic Society of Lancashire and CheshirePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
List of members in each volume.
Chronological List of the Railways of Lancashire, 1828-1939
Author: Maurice Drummond GrevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A Bibliography of British Railway History
Author: The Development of Transport in Modern England
Author: William T. JackmanPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714613260
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The West Midlands, by R. Christiansen
Author: David St. John ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description