Trolleybuses

he British Transport Commission’s Modernisation of the Railway report was released on January 25, 1955, by its chairman, Sir Brian Robertson, and suggested a £1.24 billion spend on the railways to upd

In the second of our series exploring rail’s history, development and function in relation to rival transport modes, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR takes to the roads

Arguably, the British Railways of 1965 was not the same as that created in 1948, and yet in some ways it was, as there were some traditional operating methods and a staff mindset that had failed to ev

Picture the vehicle of choice for your stereotypical ‘white van man’, and most likely its grille or bonnet will be adorned with the Blue Oval. Across the model’s 60-year history, the Ford Transit has

Road users had best be careful if they don’t want to incur the wrath of that police constable for over-revving their engines

Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2005 takes us to 1960… and the seaside