ABSTRACT

For the new edition of this classic book Professor Bagwell has included an examination of transport developments since 1974 and particularly the radical changes in policy introduced by Thatcher governments since 1979. The inclusion of a large number of maps, tables and figures, and contemporary illustrations of principal modes of transport enhances

chapter 1|22 pages

Inland Navigation in Britain before 1830

chapter 2|26 pages

Road Transport before the Railway Age

chapter 3|27 pages

Coastal Shipping

chapter 4|19 pages

The Foundation of the Railway System

chapter 7|42 pages

Government and the Railways 1830–1914

chapter 9|59 pages

British Transport Policy 1914–39

chapter 10|87 pages

British Transport Developments 1939–70

chapter 11|44 pages

Public Transport in Decline 1971–85