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Appraisal of Non-Commercial Passenger Rail Services in Britain
The appraisal of proposals for adding or withdrawing individual rail services is inevitably complex, because it needs to recognise interdependence both within the rail network and between transport modes, and to account for externalities affecting non-users. Since 1960, British appraisal procedures have changed substantially, as has the institutional setting, especially following privatisation. In May 1999, the government regulator took a major step forward when it announced the adoption of cost-benefit analysis for the appraisal of non-commercial services. Yet there is a need for elaboration of the CBA rules that deal with jointness in costs and in revenues, and for extension of the appraisal scheme to facilitate multi-modal application. Government policy-makers should also address institutional barriers that may hinder the development of valuable alternative supply arrangements, and should instigate a review of existing marginal services to see if they are all worthwhile.
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Britain's lost railways : a commemoration of our finest railway architecture
\"The beautifully restored St Pancras Station is a magisterial example of Britain's finest Victorian architecture. Like the viaducts at Belah and Crumlin, cathedral-like stations such as Nottingham Victoria and spectacular railway hotels like Glasgow St Enoch's, it stands proud as testament to Britain's architectural heritage. In this ... book, John Minnis reveals Britain's finest railway architecture. From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line and the gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin, Britain's Lost Railways offers a sweeping celebration of our railway heritage. The selection of images and the removable facsimile memorabilia, including tickets, posters, timetables and maps, allows the reader to step into that past, serving as a testimony to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of the architecture we built for them.\"--Publisher's description.
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