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On the Wrong Line: How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain's Railways - Christian Wolmar
On the Wrong Line: How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain's Railways
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Description Britain's rail privatisation was one of the greatest political failures of recent history. A well-functioning industry was torn apart to satisfy political dogma and privatised in a way that not only compromised safety and wrecked performance but also resulted in financial melt-down.In... show more
Description Britain's rail privatisation was one of the greatest political failures of recent history. A well-functioning industry was torn apart to satisfy political dogma and privatised in a way that not only compromised safety and wrecked performance but also resulted in financial melt-down.In this acclaimed book, an update to his earlier work Broken Rails, Christian W
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9781908555014
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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The privatisation of the railways ranks amongst the greatest acts of political vandalism that the United Kingdom has ever known. Christian Wolmar's book identifies and highlights the events and decisions that made the move from a nationalised and publicly accountable, though admittedly flawed railwa...
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On the Wrong Line: How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain's Railways - Christian Wolmar
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