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Author: Roger Mason
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-11-15
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1445668378
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating journey along the Chiltern line. It is a must-read for anyone who would like to know more about this wonderful line.
Author: Roger Mason
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2022-05-15
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1445687658
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating journey from the capital to Britain's two most famous railway towns - Oxford and Cambridge.
Author: Roger Mason
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2024-09-15
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1398111066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe latest in Roger Mason's popular series documenting Britain's greatest railway journeys. This time focusing on The Flying Scotsman Route to Edinburgh.
Author: Adrian Shooter
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2022-05-05
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1526792508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, uniquely, gives an insight to the business strategy and its delivery that underpinned the performance of one of Rail Privatisation’s greatest successes. It also shows the reader some of the many ‘behind the scenes’ jobs which are essential to the functioning of a railway but which are rarely seen by outsiders. Throughout, it demonstrates that a railway, like many other endeavours, is a team effort. Every employee is just as important as the boss. He can have a day off and it all still works. If a driver or a maintenance fitter, working on their own, make a mistake all hell can be let loose. At a time of change, partly brought about by Covid, this book gives strong clues as to how the Nation’s railways might be more efficiently organised and run. It is easy to read and copiously illustrated.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2006-05-19
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 0215028864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow fair are the Fares? : Train fares and ticketing, sixth report of session 2005-06, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Author: Michael Williams
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010-04-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1409050890
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'A trip back in time' DAILY TELEGRAPH A love of railways, a love of history, a love of nostalgia. ______________________________ Get ready to board the slow train to another era, to a time when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next. On the Slow Train will reconnect you with that long-missed need for escape, and reminds us to lift our heads from the daily grind and remember that there are still places in Britain where we can take the time to stop and stare. This book is a paean to another age: before milk churns, train porters and cats on seats were replaced by security announcements and Burger King wrappers. These 12 spectacular journeys will help free us from what Baudelaire denounced as 'the horrible burden of time.' ___________________________________ 'Captivating' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Deep in our soul, the railways represent an idyll that we love' INDEPENDENT 'A magical world, barely changed since the golden age of rail' DAILY MAIL 'Superb' RAILYWAY MAGAZINE 'Memory lane . . . An intriguing social snapshot' HERITAGE RAILWAY
Author: Nicola Arber
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 0435355074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeography Matters is a Key Stage 3 course created for pupils of all abilities. It provides an exact match to the requirement of the revised National Curriculum, and to the units of the Key Stage 3 Scheme of Work.
Author: Laurence Waters
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-09-30
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1526740397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative history of the railways of Oxford and how they transformed the United Kingdom, from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. In Railways of Oxford, historian Laurence Waters looks at the development of services and operations from Great Western’s opening of the Oxford Railway in 1844 through to the present day. This volume covers the development of the railway locally, including the London and North Western ‘Buckinghamshire Railway’ from Bletchley, together with the five local branch lines. The opening of the Great Western / Great Central joint line in 1900 opened up regional travel across the United Kingdom. During the Second World War, the construction of a new junction at Oxford North created a direct link from the Great Western to the London Midland & Scottish Railway branch to Bletchley and beyond. These two junctions turned Oxford into a major railway center, bringing a considerable increase in both passenger and freight traffic. Today, Oxford is as busy as ever, with passenger services to London operated by Great Western Railway and Chiltern Trains, and by Cross Country Trains the South and the North of England.
Author: Network Rail
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2011-05-16
Total Pages: 3268
ISBN-13: 9780117069657
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished by TSO with permission from Network Rail (owners of Britain's national railway and stations) the GB Rail Timetable Summer Edition 2011 holds details on passenger services operated by the Train Companies, who work together closely to provide a co-ordinated rail network offering a range of travel opportunities. Details and identification codes are shown within the Train Operator pages of this book. The GB Rail Timetable contains rail services operated over the GB rail network, together with rail and shipping connections with Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. The GB Rail Timetable also includes the Eurostar summer timetable, valid until 10 Decmeber 2011. Network Rail operate 18 major stations but the remainder are operated on their behalf by the Train Operating Companies. Details are shown in the station index.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2011-03-02
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780215556578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this report the Transport Committee calls on the Government to publish a White Paper on its transport strategy, explaining in particular how spending on transport will deliver economic growth and development. Such a strategy must set objectives for all transport spending and explain the criteria Ministers will use to decide between different claims on limited financial resources. The report welcomes the commitment to undertake transport investment that will deliver sustainable growth and enterprise, including 'green' industries, balanced across all sectors and in a manner that will reduce regional disparities. Ministers must however ensure that this vision for transport investment is backed up by a pro-active and fully integrated economic development strategy. This is so far absent. The current Government has swept away the regional tier of planning and many institutions that played a key role in the development of strategic priorities for transport spending in support of economic development. This has created a vacuum that has left regions without the institutions and arrangements they need to plan and prioritise sub-national transport schemes and other significant transport infrastructure. The Coalition also needs a much stronger strategy for developing the UK's major ports and airports. The Government must also do more to correct regional disparities in transport investment. The Department for Transport's 'New Approach To Appraisal' process, which plays such a major role in deciding which transport schemes get Government funding, is highly controversial. Small schemes, including sustainable transport projects, may be cut disproportionately under new transport funding arrangements.
