History of rail transport in Great Britain - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Railed Roads And Tramways 1676 To 1825
History of rail transport in Great Britain - Early rails. As early as 1676 railed roads were in use in Northumberland to ease the conve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Rail: Encyclopedia - British Rail
British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Historical Overview
Great feats of engineering were performed in its creation. Examples from the Victorian era are the building of the Forth Bridge, 1890, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ews: Encyclopedia Ii - Ews - Description
EWS was originally created as a subsidiary of Wisconsin Central Ltd in 1996, and was acquired by Canadian National Railway when it bought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Constituents Of The Great Western Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Constituents Of The Great Western Railway - Subsidiary Companies
List of constituents of the Great Western Railway - Independently worked. Brecon and Merthyr Railway 59.75 miles (97km) Burry Port and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Rail: Encyclopedia Ii - British Rail - History
British Rail - Background. The rail transport system in Great Britain developed during the 19th century. After the grouping of 1923 by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Uk Railway Stations
Most UK railway stations date from the Victorian era and are located on the edge of town centres. Major stations are generally in large c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Railway Industry
Rail transport in Great Britain - Statutory authorities. Health and Safety Executive — Website Office of Rail Regulation — Website...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Grouping 1923–1947
Under the Railways Act 1921 the majority of the railway companies in Great Britain (and few in Northern Ireland) were grouped into four m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Local Metro Systems
A number of towns and cities have metro systems: ... See also:Rail transport in Great Britain, Rail transport in Great Britain - Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Heritage And Private Railways
There are a number of private and heritage railways in Britain. A list of British heritage and private railways is available. ... See a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Statutory Framework
UK railways are run at arm's length from the government, through two government organisations, both of which have statutory powers under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ews: Encyclopedia Ii - Ews - Traction And Rolling Stock
EWS has a large fleet of both diesel and electric traction, from old British Rail models to the very latest Brush Traction and General Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Rail: Encyclopedia Ii - British Rail - Locomotives And Rolling Stock
British Rail - Locomotives. Main articles: Steam locomotives of British Railways, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Geography & Infrastructure
Great Britain is an island roughly triangular with an acute apex. The capital, London, is in the south-east. Main railway lines radiate f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Passenger Services
Passenger train services in the UK are, in the main, structured on the basis of regional franchises awarded by the Department for Transpo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Leasing Services
A proportion of the rolling stock of British Rail was sold off to companies that lease or hire stock to passenger and freight operators, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In Great Britain - Freight Services
There are four main freight operating companies, the largest of which is English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS). There are also severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Early British Railway Companies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Early British Railway Companies - English And Welsh Early Railways
List of early British railway companies - Cambrian - Isle of Wight. Cambrian Railways incorporated between 1864 and 1904 Oswestry and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Causes
The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians seeing the Revolution as an outg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Effects
The application of steam power to the industrial processes of printing supported a massive expansion of newspaper and popular book publis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Intellectual Paradigms
Industrial Revolution - Capitalist. The advent of The Enlightenment provided an intellectual framework which welcomed the practical app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Criticism
Industrial Revolution - Marxism. See main article Marxism Karl Marx saw the industrialization process as the logical dialectical progre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Social Problems
The industrial revolution led to a number of social problems within the newly developed working class. Children worked under miserable co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - The Second Industrial Revolution
The insatiable demand of the railroads for more durable rail led to the development of the means to cheaply mass-produce steel. Steel is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Textile Manufacture
In the early 18th century, British textile manufacture was based on wool which was processed by individual artisans, doing the spinning a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Factories
Industrialisation also led to the creation of the factory. John Lombe's water-powered silk mill at Derby was operational by 1721. In 1746...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Transportation
At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, inland transport was by navigable rivers and roads, with coastwise vessels employed to mov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Machine Tools
The Industrial Revolution could not have developed without machine tools, for they enabled manufacturing machines to be made. They have t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Innovations
The invention of the steam engine was the most important innovation of the industrial revolution. This was made possible by earlier impro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Steam Power
The stationary steam engine had great influence on the progress of the Industrial Revolution, but for the period of the Industrial Revolu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Industrial Revolution - Metallurgy
In the early 18th century, small-scale iron working and extraction and processing of other metals were carried out where local resources ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Railways In The Post-war World
In the post-war world, lifestyles underwent radical changes, cars became affordable to the masses, new road and motorways were built. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Modernisation Plan
The modernisation plan of the mid to late 1950s, was intended to bring the railway system kicking and screaming into the 20th century. Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The 1970s
The 1970s saw British Rail succesfully introduced high speed diesel train services in 1976 with the InterCity 125 High Speed Train (HST),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Nationalisation
The Transport Act 1947 nationalised all private forms of mass transport in Great Britain. The British Transport Commission (BTC) was form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The 1980s
In the 1980s the government of Margaret Thatcher was famously hostile to the railways. In 1983 a civil servant named David Serpell unviel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Beeching Era
For main article see Beeching axe. By the early 1960s the railways were running at a huge deficit, and patience with them by the governme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Early Successes
The financial success of the early railways was phenomenal, as they had no real competition. The roads were still very slow and in poor c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Further Progress
The financial success of these lines was beyond all expectations and interests in London and Birmingham soon planned to build two lines t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Development Of The Railways 1825 To 1923
Two railways were the pioneers in railway development in England. History of rail transport in Great Britain - Liverpool and Manchester ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Railway Mania
Although the Government was in favour of the development of trunk railways to stimulate economic recovery (in which they were tremendousl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Major Railway Companies In Great Britain
History of rail transport in Great Britain - English railways. Great Central Railway (GCR): before 1897 the GCR was called the Manches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - Following The Grouping: 1923-1947
In the 16 years before the outbreak of WWII the new companies set about the tremendous task of rebuilding railways which had had little o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rail Transport In Great Britain - The Grouping Period
During the First World War the whole system was taken under government control and run by the Railway Operating Division of the War Offic...   » Read the article