The privatization of British Rail 1994-1997

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-200

  Gothvard, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British railways; Office of passenger rail franchising; Organizational change; Rail regulator; Railtrack; Railway economics; Railway industry; Railway privatization; Railway statistics; Train operating companies

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRIVATIZATION; STATISTICS;

FRANCHISING; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; RAILWAY INDUSTRY;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0032300302     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409981530788     Document Type: Article

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