British Rail 1974-1997

Britain's privatised railways inspire considerable debate about organisation, financing, and development. This volume provides an account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation.

It is hard to imagine that this account could be bettered, or its principal conclusions overturned

Autorentext
Terry Gourvish has been Director of the Business History Unit at the London School of Economics since 1989. Previously he was the Dean of the School of Economic and Social Studies at the University of East Anglia.

Klappentext
Based on privileged access to the British Railway Board's rich archives, this book provides and authoritative account of the progress made by the British Railway System prior to its privatization. It offers a unique account of the last fifteen years of nationalized railways in Britain, and it sheds light on the current problems of privatized railway systems. This volume is divided into four complete and concise sections for complete study: 'Railways Under Labour (1974-1979)', 'The Thatcher Revolution (British Rail in the 1980's)', 'On The Threshold of Privatization: Running the Railways (1990-1994)', and 'Responding to Privatization (1981-1997)'. Author Terry Gourvish is considered Britain's leading railway historian.

Inhalt
Introduction: British Rail After Twenty-Five Years of Nationalisation; PART I: RAILWAYS UNDER LABOUR, 1974-1979; 2. Operating the 1974 Railways Act: Financial Results, Organisational Responses, and Relations with Government; 3. Operations, Productivity, and Technological Change; PART II: THE THATCHER REVOLUTION? BRITISH RAIL IN THE 1980S; 4. Sector Management and New Performance Targets; 5. The Serpell Report; 6. Cost Control and Investment in the Post-Serpell Railway; 7. Selling the Subsidiary Businesses; PART II: ON THE THRESHOLD OF PRIVATISATION: RUNNING THE RAILWAYS, 1990-1994; 8. Business Performance, Pricing, and Productivity; 9. Investment and the Channel Tunnel; 10. Safety; PART IV: RESPONDING TO PRIVATISATION, 1981-1997; 11. The Privatisation Debate and 'Organising for Quality'; 12. Reorganising for Privatisation, 1992-1994; 13. Endgame, 1994-1997; Appendices

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