On the Wrong Line: How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain's Railways - Softcover

Wolmar, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854109987 ISBN 13: 9781854109989

Publisher: Aurum Press, 2005

Synopsis

Christian Wolmar's acclaimed Broken Rails charted the disastrous privatisation of the British railway system in the mid-1990s. Now, in an updated and expanded version of the book, Wolmar highlights the failure of New Labour to get to grips with the legacy it inherited. The railways now absorb more taxpayers' money than ever before, while performance has reached an all-time low. Wolmar suggests that the railways may soon be under threat from a massive round of cuts and closures - or that debts, already at USD10bn, will mount up with catastrophic effect. But he argues that there is a third option: a return to a rational railway in which the disparate pieces are reassembled into a functioning network.

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About the Author

Christian Wolmar is a writer and broadcaster specializing in transport and other social policy issues. He has published five previous books, most recently Down the Tube: The Battle for London's Underground, and writes regularly for several national newspapers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aurum Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854109987
• ISBN 13: 9781854109989
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320