Author: Patrick Bennett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398102946
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A terrific photographic tribute to freight traffic in the final period of the British Rail era of 1980-1995.
The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: Freight Special
Author: Patrick Bennett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398102946
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A terrific photographic tribute to freight traffic in the final period of the British Rail era of 1980-1995.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398102946
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A terrific photographic tribute to freight traffic in the final period of the British Rail era of 1980-1995.
The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: The North of England and Scotland
Author: Patrick Bennett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445674335
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A nostalgic look back at a time of great change on Britain's railways in the north of England and Scotland.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445674335
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A nostalgic look back at a time of great change on Britain's railways in the north of England and Scotland.
British Freight Trains
Author: John Jackson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445672693
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A look at the contemporary freight scene in the UK.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445672693
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A look at the contemporary freight scene in the UK.
The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: West Midlands, Wales and South-West England
Author: Patrick Bennett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445675218
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A nostalgic look back at a time of great change on Britain's railways in the West Midlands, Wales and South-West England.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445675218
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A nostalgic look back at a time of great change on Britain's railways in the West Midlands, Wales and South-West England.
The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: Eastern and Southern England
Author: Patrick Bennett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445675196
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
A nostalgic look back at a time of great change on Britain's railways in eastern and southern England.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445675196
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
A nostalgic look back at a time of great change on Britain's railways in eastern and southern England.
South Wales Railways in the 1980s
Author: Kevin Redwood
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445695820
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The South Wales Division was one of the three operating divisions of the Western Region. Explore the South Wales Railways in the 1980s with previously unpublished photographs.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445695820
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The South Wales Division was one of the three operating divisions of the Western Region. Explore the South Wales Railways in the 1980s with previously unpublished photographs.
Diesels in the Western Region
Author: George Woods
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781398101951
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
With previously unpublished images of diesel locomotives in the Western region showing them in service from 1966 to 2019.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781398101951
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
With previously unpublished images of diesel locomotives in the Western region showing them in service from 1966 to 2019.
Railway Workshops of Britain, 1823-1986
Author: Edgar J. Larkin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349080748
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
An illustrated history of Britain's railway workshops, covering the period from 1823 to 1986, this book deals with the history of the main railway workshops of Britain, a subject of wide-ranging mechanical and electrical engineering interest.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349080748
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
An illustrated history of Britain's railway workshops, covering the period from 1823 to 1986, this book deals with the history of the main railway workshops of Britain, a subject of wide-ranging mechanical and electrical engineering interest.
The Rail Freight Challenge for Emerging Economies
Author: Bernard Aritua
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464813817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
This report captures ways in which policy makers and senior officials in railway organizations from emerging economies can accelerate modal shift to rail. Such officials, as well as the general public, aspire for more freight to be moved by rail. The environmental and societal benefits of such a shift are compelling. And yet investment in railways is often not followed by a corresponding increase in freight moved by rail. This report highlights the fact that, in a world of changing global supply chains and logistics, the approach to regaining modal share needs to be different. The expectation that lower cost and efficient rail service will automatically lead to modal shift from road to rail has not been a reality in most emerging economies. Modern railways focus on understanding the logistics of targeted freight and positioning rail transport services as part of an overall logistics system aimed at meeting the needs of customers.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464813817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
This report captures ways in which policy makers and senior officials in railway organizations from emerging economies can accelerate modal shift to rail. Such officials, as well as the general public, aspire for more freight to be moved by rail. The environmental and societal benefits of such a shift are compelling. And yet investment in railways is often not followed by a corresponding increase in freight moved by rail. This report highlights the fact that, in a world of changing global supply chains and logistics, the approach to regaining modal share needs to be different. The expectation that lower cost and efficient rail service will automatically lead to modal shift from road to rail has not been a reality in most emerging economies. Modern railways focus on understanding the logistics of targeted freight and positioning rail transport services as part of an overall logistics system aimed at meeting the needs of customers.
The Modernisation of the West Coast Main Line
Author: Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0102943729
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This NAO report examines how effectively the Strategic Rail Authority/Department for Transport and Network Rail turned around the West Coast programme between 2002 and 2006 in terms of delivering outputs and expected outcomes in line with the schedule and targets set by the government and set out in the West Coast Main Line Strategy of June 2003. Three areas were examined in detail: how the Strategic Rail Authority/Department of Transport and Network Rail addressed the weaknesses in programme management before 2002 to achieve delivery to schedule; whether costs have been brought under control; whether the programme is delivering its anticipated benefits. A number of findings and conclusions have been set out, including: that the SRA and Network Rail did turn around the programme through an industry-supported strategy, reducing technology risk through reliance on conventional signalling for most of the upgrade; there were some implementation problems in two areas, axle counters and computer-based interlocking signalling, which resulted in an increase in costs; in general, Network Rail's control of costs has improved, but an analysis of its reported and forecast expenditure shows a final programme spend of £8.6 billion, with an overspend of around £300 million; for renewal work on the west coast route, Network Rail is within its overall funding allowance and on course to achieve 70% of the £940 million cost efficiencies assumed by the rail Regulator; at present the Strategic Rail Authority provides subsidies on an annual basis to Virgin West Coast of £590 million in 2005-06 period, this amount represents a payment needed to maintain train services and is outside the £8.6 billion; the project has delivered journey time improvements, with punctuality and train reliability on the West Coast having improved since 2005; in the 2005-06 period, passenger journeys on Virgin West Coast grew by over 20%, and the remaining work on the programme to 2009 will increase passenger train and freight capacity, but the consensus in the rail industry is that around 2015 to 2020, the line will have insufficient capacity to sustain current levels of growth in passenger and freight traffic; the overall strategy has delivered passenger benefits from a modernised track, but value for money for the programme has not been maximised. The report sets out a number of recommendations, including: that the Department in future should model and appraise costs and benefits for different options for the timing of delivery of the project; that the Department and the Office of Rail Regulation should further develop standard definitions for costs for different stages and elements of transport projects; where projects propose new technology at significant cost, the Department and ORR should ensure that Network Rail draws up a supporting business case, addressing costs, benefits and possible challenges along with a supporting implementation and maintenance strategy; the ORR should ensure Network Rail progresses its plans and adopts best practice strategy, and this approach should include a company-wide strategy that addresses whole life costs in its investment appraisal/project business cases, along with improved recording of maintenance and renewals costs for its equipment.
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0102943729
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This NAO report examines how effectively the Strategic Rail Authority/Department for Transport and Network Rail turned around the West Coast programme between 2002 and 2006 in terms of delivering outputs and expected outcomes in line with the schedule and targets set by the government and set out in the West Coast Main Line Strategy of June 2003. Three areas were examined in detail: how the Strategic Rail Authority/Department of Transport and Network Rail addressed the weaknesses in programme management before 2002 to achieve delivery to schedule; whether costs have been brought under control; whether the programme is delivering its anticipated benefits. A number of findings and conclusions have been set out, including: that the SRA and Network Rail did turn around the programme through an industry-supported strategy, reducing technology risk through reliance on conventional signalling for most of the upgrade; there were some implementation problems in two areas, axle counters and computer-based interlocking signalling, which resulted in an increase in costs; in general, Network Rail's control of costs has improved, but an analysis of its reported and forecast expenditure shows a final programme spend of £8.6 billion, with an overspend of around £300 million; for renewal work on the west coast route, Network Rail is within its overall funding allowance and on course to achieve 70% of the £940 million cost efficiencies assumed by the rail Regulator; at present the Strategic Rail Authority provides subsidies on an annual basis to Virgin West Coast of £590 million in 2005-06 period, this amount represents a payment needed to maintain train services and is outside the £8.6 billion; the project has delivered journey time improvements, with punctuality and train reliability on the West Coast having improved since 2005; in the 2005-06 period, passenger journeys on Virgin West Coast grew by over 20%, and the remaining work on the programme to 2009 will increase passenger train and freight capacity, but the consensus in the rail industry is that around 2015 to 2020, the line will have insufficient capacity to sustain current levels of growth in passenger and freight traffic; the overall strategy has delivered passenger benefits from a modernised track, but value for money for the programme has not been maximised. The report sets out a number of recommendations, including: that the Department in future should model and appraise costs and benefits for different options for the timing of delivery of the project; that the Department and the Office of Rail Regulation should further develop standard definitions for costs for different stages and elements of transport projects; where projects propose new technology at significant cost, the Department and ORR should ensure that Network Rail draws up a supporting business case, addressing costs, benefits and possible challenges along with a supporting implementation and maintenance strategy; the ORR should ensure Network Rail progresses its plans and adopts best practice strategy, and this approach should include a company-wide strategy that addresses whole life costs in its investment appraisal/project business cases, along with improved recording of maintenance and renewals costs for its equipment.