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In British popular culture, the British Rail sandwiches were the sandwiches sold for consumption on passenger trains of the former British Rail (BR), during the period of nationalisation from 1948 to 1994. Comedic references to the sandwiches established it as emblematic of the unappetising fare then available aboard Great Britain's railway ...
It had been known as British Rail Catering until then. The peak of British rail catering had come in 1973 when 3.5 million meals were served. Quicker journey times meant less time to consume a full meal. In 1979 it celebrated a centenary of railway catering. In the mid-1970s they were selling around two and a quarter million sandwiches a year.
A railway refreshment room is a catering facility attached to a railway station that was formerly common in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. They were opened in the 19th century to serve passengers when trains did not convey catering facilities, and thus served passengers en ...
A sandwich is a dish typically consisting of meat, cheese or vegetables used as a filling between slices of bread, or placed on a slice of bread, or more generally any dish in which bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. [1][2][3] The sandwich began as a portable, convenient finger food in the Western world, though over ...
Pages in category "British sandwiches" ... British Rail sandwich; British Sandwich & Food to Go Association; C. Cheese and pickle sandwich; Cheese sandwich; Chip butty;
The first proposal for a station at Sandwich was in 1836–37 by the Kent Railway. [2] An independent line to London was considered, but the South Eastern Railway (SER) decided they would construct a branch line from the Ashford to Ramsgate line at Minster towards Sandwich and Deal. [3] The station was opened on 1 July 1847. [1]
Overall, fare increases have been at a significantly slower rate than under British Rail (BR). [citation needed] [disputed – discuss] According to the Global Railway Review, the average annual real-terms increase between 1996 and 2011 was 1.3%, compared to 2.2% during the last 15 years of British Rail [12] [better source needed]. So far as ...
List of LNER Class A1/A3 locomotives. Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, that ran on the Great Northern (GNR) and latterly the London and North Eastern Railway network. They represented Nigel Gresley 's attempt to standardise steam design.