British Rail, 1974-97 From Integration to Privatisation

Name: British Rail, 1974-97 From Integration to Privatisation
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ISBN: 9780199269099

ISBN-10: 0199269092

ISBN-13: 9780199269099

Edition: 2004

Authors: T. R. Gourvish, Mike Anson

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Britain's privatised railways continure to provoke debate about the organisation, financing, and development of the railway system. This important book, written by Britain's leading railway historian, provides an authoritative account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation, and a unique insight into its difficult role in the government's privatisation planning from 1989. Based on free access to the British Railway Board's rich archives, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the main themes: a process of continuous organisational change; the existence of a persistent government audit; perennial investment restraints; the directive to reduce operating costs and…

Book details

List price: $100.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 736
Size: 9.20" wide x 6.10" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English




Introduction : British Rail after 25 years of nationalisation



Railways under labour, 1974-9



Operating the 1974 Railways Act : financial results, organisational responses, and relations with government



Operations, productivity, and technological change



The Thatcher revolution? British Rail in the 1980s



Sector management and new performance targets



The Serpell report



Cost control and investment in the post-Serpell railway



Selling the subsidiary businesses



On the threshold of privatisation : running the railways, 1990-4



Business performance, pricing, and productivity



Investment and the Channel tunnel



Safety



Responding to privatisation, 1981-97



The privatisation debate and 'organising for quality'



Reorganising for privatisation, 1992-4



Endgame



Financial results



Investment



Productivity and performance indicators



Passenger and freight traffic volumes and revenue



Sector operating results



Government financial controls and out-turns



Staff, pay settlements, rates and earnings, paybill costs



Subsidiaries - hotel sales and property board income



British railways board senior staff



Passenger pricing, bus substitution, quality objectives, and charter targets



Passenger-miles maximisation



British rail - sales and disposals