Britain's railways are certainly in a tumultuous time at the moment, with strikes, cuts and uncertainty beleaguering its recovery from the pandemic. But why is all of this happening, and what will we need to do to get back on track?
Discord: https://discord.gg/WX2KuPk75Q
00:00 Introduction
00:44 1. British Rail
06:12 2. Privatisation
10:12 3. The Pandemic
12:06 4. The Present
24:19 Credits
Photography:
Barry Lewis, JThomas, Steve Eason, Hugh Llewelyn, Stephen Burton, PAUL FARMER, Ben Brooksbank, The Basingstoker, Jeremy Segrott, Gillett's Crossing, Steve Knight, Michael Pead, Graham Richardson, Stephen Craven, calflier001, Number 10, Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street, Hunter Desportes, Martin Addison, Ian Rob, citytransportinfo and Jaggery, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Business Live
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/59978/html/
https://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/britains-railway-remains-one-safest-europe-new-orr-data-reveals#:~:text=ORR's%20analysis%20found%20that%20Britain,%2C%20trespasser%2C%20and%20other%20risks.
Community Rail Lancashire
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dft-payments-to-passenger-rail-operators-under-emergency-agreements
Smithdo43172, Mutney, IPLManagement, Chris McKenna (Thryduulf), Adam37, Absolutelypuremilk, Spudgun67, Geof Sheppard, G-13114, Vanillalatte1, Endim8, John Robert McPherson and Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, Nilfanion, via Wikimedia Commons
John Winder / "Stop HS2" poster
Ben Brooksbank / Dunford Bridge, new station and signalbox under construction
Ben Brooksbank / Steam at Manchester Victoria in 1953: two 2-6-4Ts and two 0-6-0s
LSE Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
Ben Brooksbank / Up electrically-hauled train of new motor-cars on WCML at Hartford Junction
Ben Brooksbank / Preston Station: locomotive at north end of Platform 5 by Fishergate Bridge,
Alan Murray Rust / Electric hauled train at Euston, 1966
Ben Brooksbank / Paddington Station, with holiday crowds
Chris McAndrew, Rept0n1x, Nick Clegg, Hitachi Rail, Tagishsimon, Richard Townshend, Cnbrb, Virgin Trains East Coast and David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Science Museum Group. Ernest Marples opens the M1 motorway. 1983-5236/31277Science Museum Group Collection Online. Accessed July 17, 2023.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8665506/ernest-marples-opens-the-m1-motorway-photograph.
Cover Collecting
Network Rail
Rosser, Sharon Farmer, Hassocks5489 and Great Western Railway Magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Peter Moore / Advie Station - long after Beeching's axe fell....
Earthbound
Oxana Maher / Memorial garden, Great Heck
Ben Brooksbank / Southall Rail Crash, 1997
Tom Leveson Gower, Office of Rail and Road and UK Government, OGL 3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3, via Wikimedia Commons
Paul Miller, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Spitalfields Life
Roy Gray / Alton Station
UniSouth
RMT
Andrew Smithers
UK Parliament
UK Government
Simon Walker / HM Treasury
Music:
Can I tell you a Secret - TrackTribe
Side Steppin' - Otis McDonald
Hard Times Come Again No More - The Westerlies
Drop the Tapes - TrackTribe
The Trapezist - Quincas Moreira