British Railways, as it was initially called, had a difficult genesis. When it was created in 1948, ... It is clear, though, that we are not about to re-create the old British Rail. Much of it has ...

The reason why the railways were privatised was not for ideology but because the network was failing under the old British ...

But what’s different now from the old days of British Rail (before privatisation in 1993) is the vital role our railways must also play in meeting climate targets. We need a world-class, fully ...

Uganda has begun restoring a branch of a century-old, British-built railway line that is expected to cut the cost of shipping goods to the country's north, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of ...

In 2025 Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam engines and the old red lion railway logo, but there’s one bit of ...

Paterson left school in 1946 to start working for the then London and North Eastern Railway, or LNER. This was two years before it was rolled into the nationalized British Railways on January 1, 1948.

One key argument advanced for scrapping the old British Rail under John Major's government in the 1990s in favour of privatisation was that it would make investment in new and upgrading trains ...