British Rail 1974-97
Subtitle: From Integration to Privatisation
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 27, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780199250059
Subjects: Central government; Railway transport industries; Trains & railways: general interest; Business & Economics; History - General History; Business/Economics; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Economic History; General; Railroads - History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Government & Business; 20th century; British Rail (Firm); Great Britain; History; Privatization; Railroads and state
First sentence: Over the period of Labour government, 1974-9, British Rail, in common with all the enterprises in the public sector, suffered from pricing restraints, tighter investment controls, intervention in salary and wage levels, and from June 1975 cash limits.