British Rail 1974-97: From Integration to Privatisation

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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. 1. Introduction: British Rail After 25 Years Of Nationalisation -- Pt. 1. Railways Under Labour, 1974-9. 2. Operating The 1974 Railways Act: Financial Results, Organisational Responses, And Relations With Government. 3. Operations, Productivity, And Technological Change -- Pt. 2. 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 -- Pt. 3. On The Threshold Of Privatisation: Running The Railways, 1990-4. 8. Business Performance, Pricing, And Productivity. 9. Investment And The Channel Tunnel. 10. Safety -- Pt. 4. Responding To Privatisation, 1981-97. 11. The Privatisation Debate And 'organising For Quality'. 12. Reorganising For Privatisation, 1992-4. 13. Endgame -- App. A. Financial Results -- App. B. Investment -- App. C. Productivity And Performance Indicators -- App. D. Passenger And Freight Traffic Volumes And Revenue -- App. E. Sector Operating Results -- App. F. Government Financial Controls And Out-turns -- App. G. Staff, Pay Settlements, Rates And Earnings, Paybill Costs -- App. H. Subsidiaries -- Hotel Sales And Property Board Income -- App. I. British Railways Board Senior Staff -- App. J. Passenger Pricing, Bus Substitution, Quality Objectives, And Charter Targets -- App. K. Passenger-miles Maximisation -- App. L. British Rail -- Sales And Disposals. Terry Gourvish ; Research By Mike Anson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [518]-677) And Index.

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Name in long format: British Rail 1974-97: From Integration to Privatisation
ISBN-10: 0199250057
ISBN-13: 9780199250059
Book pages: 768
Book language: en
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Dimensions: Height: 9.3 Inches, Length: 6.2 Inches, Weight: 2.52208827728 Pounds, Width: 1.9 Inches

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