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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

Our next extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025 takes us to 1948 and a change in railway ownership

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BEN PLOWDEN has taken over the role of Chief Executive Officer at the Campaign for Better Transport at a moment of huge change on the railway. ANTHONY LAMBERT talks with him about the priorities for central government, devolved administrations and Great British Railways

As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, Emily Scaife explores the enduring bond between trains, rail lines and our great British countryside