Christian Wolmar, "British Rail: A New History" (Michael Joseph, 2022)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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What Is the Story of British Rail?
British railways were nationalized in 19 forty eight and privatized almost exactly 50 years after that. The system had been enormously run down during the war, but was not subject to much investment or maintenance because of other priorities such as armament industry. So it was a pretty obvious thing for the state to take over and both operate and manage. And we're alvers y noc co be able to go to all the detail and all the really fascinating stories that you include in the book,. but hopefully we can give listeners a sort of taste of some of the main points.
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