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Passenger train services which were not included in the creation of Via Rail included those offered by BC Rail, Algoma Central Railway, Ontario Northland Railway, Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway, various urban commuter train services operated by CN and CP, and remaining CN passenger services in Newfoundland.
Jun 21, 2023 · At midnight on December 31 1947, the “Big Four” railways – the Great Western, Southern, London Midland & Scottish and the London & North Eastern – became British Railways (BR), despite fierce...
- Anthony Lambert
A few independent light railways and industrial railways, which did not contribute significant mileage to the system, were not included in British Railways; nor the Glasgow Underground and London Underground, already both public concerns, the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and non-railway-owned tramways.
Jan 1, 2018 · It included electrifying the main lines, replacing steam locomotives with diesel models, renewing the track and closing certain smaller lines. With hindsight, it failed badly.
- Jonathan Cowie
The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947 covers the period when the British railway system was run by the Big Four group of companies – the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS); the Great Western Railway (GWR); the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER); and the Southern Railway (SR). The period includes the ...
May 20, 2024 · From 1948 until the mid 1990s, under public ownership, the then-British Railways (BR) developed from a war-battered service in need of investment and modernisation to be considered by some...
Dec 12, 2018 · The author also examines why the concept of compact, zonal railways quickly evolved into something different, with rival companies having no territorial rights, resulting in competition and continuing duplication of routes, stations and services in many areas.
