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     • The railway played a vital role during WWI. When Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, trains efficiently moved huge numbers of troops and equipment between the Home Front and France. Trains also transported rations, water and coal across Britain and continental Europe in a way not previously possible during conflict.
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   Why was the railway important during WW1?

   • The railway played a vital role during WWI. When Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, trains efficiently moved huge numbers of troops and equipment between the Home Front and France. Trains also transported rations, water and coal across Britain and continental Europe in a way not previously possible during conflict.

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   How many people died on the railway during WW2?

   • Of these, more than 100,000 enlisted when war broke out, leading to a substantial skills shortage at home when the railway was under great pressure than to deliver forces and supplies to the front line. By the end of the war, 20,000 railway staff had tragically lost their lives. The railway remembers them in memorials across the country.

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   Did railway timetables lead to the First World War?

   • The historian AJP Taylor, considering the events of 1914, once argued: ‘The First World War had begun – imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age.’

   Railways and the mobilisation for war in 1914

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   What was the railway review in August 1914?

   • The Railway Review, [shows an image] that edition for August 1914, late August 1914, a weekly newspaper for railway men, adopted a more popular touch as the crisis unfolded. And at the start of the war leads with a far from bellicose approach.

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   How did the railways affect Europe before 1914?

   • Looking at the immediate tensions before the war, the railways played a very large part in developing European tension before 1914. Growing military and economic prowess led to a grab for colonies at the end of the nineteenth century. Germany and France grabbed huge chunks of Africa as did smaller countries such as Belgium and Italy.

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   Did Britain have a railway system in 1914?

   • Over in Britain, there was a very, very extensive railway network in 1914, not probably as efficient as the German railway system but a pretty good one nonetheless. And prior to the railway grouping of 1922, dozens of different railway companies competed with one another.

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   Nov 1, 2018 · The railway played a vital role during WWI. When Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, trains efficiently moved huge numbers of troops and equipment between the Home Front and France.

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   Sep 8, 2011 · In the First World War, perhaps anticipating the coming war, the Railway Committee was set up and it assumed responsibility for executing decisions effecting railways in wartimes. British...

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   Aug 4, 2014 · Michael Portillo: World War I was a railway war. I'm going to find out how that railways helped to precipitate a mechanised war, defined how it was fought, conveyed millions to the trenches and bore witness to its end.

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   Feb 28, 2014 · Railways, machine guns and mass– produced ordnance made it one of the most bloody and fatal land wars the world has ever seen. Battlefield railways meant men and munitions could be moved in greater numbers than ever before right up to the front line.

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   Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I. He finds out how the railways helped to precipitate a mechanised war, shaped how it was fought, conveyed millions to the trenches and bore witness to its end. Michael travels through Britain and northern Europe uncovering railway stories from the Great War. A Railway War Begins

8. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › b04ddmt3Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo - BBC

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   A Railway War Begins. 1/5 Michael Portillo begins his journey in Metz on European tracks built with war in mind. All episodes of Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo.

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   Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I and travels through Britain and Europe uncovering stories from the Great War.