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1. www.ft.com › content › f97bc627-bf5a-4094-ab9b-7eBritish Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run ...

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   Jul 4, 2022 · There was little mourning after the UK’s nationalised train operator, British Rail, ran its last service in 1997. Over its 49-year existence, it had been widely criticised as a complacent ...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rail_transportation_in_theRail transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Map. Rail transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads that also extend into Canada and Mexico. The United States has the largest rail transport network of any country in the world, about 160,000 miles (260,000 km).

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_rail_transitList of rail transit systems in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries.

   Region	State	System	Authority
   Albuquerque	New Mexico	New Mexico Rail Runner Express	Mid-Region Council of Governments
   Atlanta	Georgia	MARTA rail	Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit ...
   Atlanta	Georgia	Atlanta Streetcar	Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit ...
   Austin	Texas	Capital MetroRail	Capital Metropolitan Transportation ...

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_railHistory of rail transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In general, U.S. railroad companies imported technology from Britain in the 1830s, particularly strap iron rails, as there were no rail manufacturing facilities in the United States at that time. Heavy iron "T" rails were first manufactured in the U.S. in the mid-1840s at Mount Savage, Maryland [76] and Danville, Pennsylvania . [77]

5. theconversation.com › britains-railways-were-neverBritain’s railways were never properly privatised – here’s ...

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   May 20, 2024 · William Barton/Shutterstock. Britain’s railways were never properly privatised – here’s how they could return to greater public control. Published: May 20, 2024 12:24pm EDT. Railway travel is...

6. theconversation.com › britains-railways-wereBritain’s railways were nationalised 70 years ago – let’s not ...

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   Jan 1, 2018 · Railways. Jeremy Corbyn. British Rail. Clement Attlee. rail nationalisation. Network Rail. The Conversation's Instagram. Register now. Public support for nationalisation is through the roof.

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   What is rail transportation in the United States?

   • Rail transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads that also extend into Canada and Mexico. The United States has the largest rail transport network of any country in the world, about 160,000 miles (260,000 km).

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   Is the British Railway a good service?

   • However, he was right in his initial analysis. 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 as one of the best regular integrated rail services in the world.

   Britain’s railways were never properly privatised – here’s how they

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   Does the UK have a 'private' rail system?

   • Although rail “privatisation” was promoted by EU directive 91/440, no other EU nation followed the British example. Few, if any, comparator nations have such a high level of “private” rail provision as the UK. And few, if any, governments would adopt the British model now.

   Britain’s railways were never properly privatised – here’s how they

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   What happened to British Rail?

   • There was little mourning after the UK’s nationalised train operator, British Rail, ran its last service in 1997. Over its 49-year existence, it had been widely criticised as a complacent, unimaginative bureaucracy. For much of its life, passenger and freight traffic declined — in the country where train travel was invented.

   British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway

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8. www.bbc.com › travel › articleHow the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US - BBC

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   Dec 19, 2022 · Today, Amtrak's Zephyr train still chugs along much of the most arduous portions made by Chinese workers more than 150 years ago. Climbing through the Sierra Nevada mountains, the trip offers ...