The transport revolution:
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Maps vii
List of Tables vii
List of Figures viii
List of Plates ix
Acknowledgements xi
Abbreviations xii
Introduction xiii
Chapter I Inland Navigation in Britain before 1830
1 The potentialities of horse power
2 River improvement
3 The canal age
4 Goods traffic on inland waterways
5 Passenger traffic
6 Profitability
7 The canal boat people
Chapter 2 Road Transport before the Railway Age
1 The unreformed road system
2 The turnpike era
3 The growth of stage coach services
4 Economic and social aspects of road passenger
transport
5 The expansion of carrier traffic
Chapter 3 Coastal Shipping
1 Coastal shipping before the days of steam
2 Steam packets and the growth of passenger traffic
3 Freight transport
4 The impact of coastal shipping on land transport:
port improvements
5 Conditions of service and safety aspects
Chapter 4 The Foundation of the Railway System
1 Origins of railways
2 Promotion and the railway manias
3 Sources of capital
4 Overcapitalisation and its results
5 Contractors and navvies
Chapter 5 The Economic and Social Effects of Railways
1 The growth of passenger traffic
2 The industrial impact
3 Social consequences
4 The railways and urban life
5 Underground railways
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Chapter 6 Road and Water Transport in the Railway Age
1 The increased demand for horse-drawn transport
2 Turnpike roads in the days of the railways
3 Bicycles and steam carriages
4 Buses and tramways
5 Canals and railway competition
Chapter 7 Government and the Railways 1830-1914
1 Competition versus state ownership
2 The regulation of freight charges
3 Legislation for passenger safety
4 The protection of the labour force
Chapter 8 The Development of Motor Transport 1885-1939 187
1 Reasons for slow progress before 1914 187
2 The organisation of the motor industry 193
3 The First World War and motor transport 196
4 The motor industry between the wars 197
5 The economic and social impact of the motor car 204
6 The development of the commercial motor 210
7 The 1930s: the golden age of motoring 217
Chapter 9 British Transport Policy 1914-39 224
1 Introduction 224
2 Transport policy in the First World War 224
3 Miscarriage of a grand design 227
4 The Railways Act 1921 234
5 Road transport policy 246
6 National highway policy 258
7 Coastal shipping 265
8 Canals 270
9 The development of air transport 272
10 Summary and conclusion 281
Chapter 10 British Transport Developments 1939-70 283
1 Introduction 283
2 The Second World War 284
3 Labour’s transport policy 1945-51 292
4 Denationalisation and competition 1952-63 316
5 New forms of national ownership 338
6 Coastal shipping 348
7 ‘Mixed blessing’: the growth of private motoring and
its consequences 353
8 Summary and conclusions 367
Chapter 11 Public Transport in Decline 1971-85 370
1 British Transport Developments 1971-85: An Overview 370
2 Government Transport Policies 1970-79 377
3 A Policy Revolution under Margaret Thatcher 381
4 Transport Policies 1979-85: Road Transport 382
5 Transport Policies 1979-85: Railways 391
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6 Railways: International Comparisons 400
7 Transport in London 403
Appendix 414
Notes 417
Bibliography 454
Index 463
List of Maps
1 English canals, showing railway ownership, 1872 15
2 Welsh canals, showing railway ownership, 1872 16
3 Scottish canals, showing railway ownership, 1872 17
4 Coach journey times in days, 1750 30
5 Royal Mail coach services to and from London in 1836 34
6 The railway system in 1845 85
7 The railway system in 1872 172
8 The railway system in 1914 206
9 The railway system in 1921 236
10 Trunk roads, 1936 262
11 British domestic air services (railway group) 1939 277
12 British domestic air services (independents) 1939 279
13 Railway System in 1952 297
14 Railway System in 1967 342
15 British Rail: Freightliner Services, 1972 343
16 National Bus Company: Regional Boards, 1971 345
17 Domestic Air Services, 1970 347
18 Motorways: England and Wales, 1971 357
19 Motorways: Scotland, 1971 358
20 West country: bus services, 1960 364
21 West country: bus services, 1970 365
List of Tables
1 Quantities of corn and meal shipped from Ireland
to the UK 1820-44, in tons 63
2 Public Works Loan Board: capital advanced for harbour
improvements annually, 1878-1914 67
3 Number of companies, mileage and capital sanctioned
by Railway Acts, 1833—40 81
4 Number of companies, mileage and capital sanctioned
by Railway Acts, 1841-50 82
5 Number of firms making motor cars in Britain to 1914 195
6 Expenditure and receipts of main line railway working,
1913-38 240
7 Railway traffic, 1913-37 241
8 Costs of road upkeep and receipts of motor taxation,
1921-37 261
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