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Jul 6, 2014 · There is some information, including pictures and a few diagrams, in Brian Haresnape's book "British Rail 1948-78 - A Journey by Design", published in 1979 by Ian Allan, ISBN 0 7110 0982 1. Not comprehensive, but will give you some idea of things.
Mar 12, 2016 · Messages. 33,317. Location. A semi-rural part of north-west England. Because of its good page size in comparison to the smaller size later editions, I have always kept my copy of the British Rail timetable 1st June 1981 to 16th May 1982 (1280pp and 4pp card cover) to hand in the railway archives section of my study.
Jan 14, 2011 · Messages. 9,244. Couple of rhymes passed down from the ex-BR blokes..... "The guard is the man, asleep in the van. the van at the back of the train. The driver up front, thinks the guard is a c**t. and the guard thinks the driver's the same!" "The guard is the man, asleep in the van. dreaming of making a fiver.
Mar 23, 2024 · british rail seat moquette | RailUK Forums. Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread! Home.
Oct 12, 2022 · Timetable World has completed publishing the full set of 339 Great Britain and regional railway timetables 1948 - 2020. The ERTs from 2007 are free downloads. The GB timetables 1974-2007 are available to purchase and download as searchable PDF files @ £10 each. The Regional timetables 1948-1973 are £6 each.
Jul 24, 2021 · Design manual (PDF - 23.8MB) . As various Northern stations have begun their rebrand to the Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2, we may need a new thread to keep track of this. Examples I've found on Twitter of rebranded platform signs so far are (linked): Appleby. Church Fenton.
Jan 8, 2022 · 3,279. Location. Bo'ness, West Lothian. Something that has changed is that the £2 flat fare for up to four children accompanying a safeguarded retired staff travel card holder (who is eligible for but does not need to hold a senior railcard) has now increased to £4.
May 25, 2024 · 25 May 2016. Messages. 983. Uncle Buck said: “Great British Railways” sounds like “Great British Public” or “Great British Bake Off” or “Great British Fish and Chips”- almost a bit of a Mickey-take, whereas “British Rail” or “British Railways” somewhow sounds more serious. Totally agree, also a of a mouthful.
May 25, 2011 · The hon. Gentleman is right that British Rail operated the railway on a shoestring at relatively low cost, but in doing so it built up a tremendous legacy of under-investment and disregard for safety risk, the terrible consequences of which we saw only too clearly in the late 1990s and the early years of this century.
