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  2. History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 - Wikipedia

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    In her book British Rail: The Nation's Railway, Tanya Jackson argues that the Modernisation Plan laid the foundations of the highly successful Inter-City operation as well as planting the seeds of modern industrial design in the railway organisation. This was to lead to British Rail producing its benchmark Corporate Identity Manual in the sixties.

  3. Category : Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1950

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    Pages in category "Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1950" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. Great Britain Historical GIS - Wikipedia

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    The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS) is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, [1] although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801.

  5. Category : Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1950

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    See Category:Railway stations in Northern Ireland and Rail transport in Ireland. Pages in category "Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1950" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

  6. History of rail transport in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Here, the vast majority of the railway system standardised on the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm). History of rail transport in Ireland discusses the history of rail transport on the island of Ireland, comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Here a system using a broad gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) developed.

  7. Southern Region of British Railways - Wikipedia

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    The railway companies were amalgamated into British Railways, part of the British Transport Commission, and six geographic and administrative regions were created out of the previous four companies. The Southern Railway, being relatively self-contained and operated largely by electric traction, was incorporated almost intact as the new Southern ...

  8. History of rail transport in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    British Railway History. An outline from the accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways, 1830–1876 (vol 1. G. Allen and Unwin, 1954) Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalization of Railways, 1877–1947. Vol. 2 (G. Allen and Unwin, 1959); see online review.

  9. Rail transport in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The first implementation of high-speed rail up to 186 mph in regular passenger service in Great Britain was the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (now known as High Speed 1), when its first phase opened in 2003 linking the British end of the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone with Fawkham Junction in Kent.