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The Railway Clearing House: In the British Economy 1842-1922 book cover

1st Edition

The Railway Clearing House In the British Economy 1842-1922

By Philip S. Bagwell Copyright 1968
330 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge
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Originally published in 1968, and using official records, this book charts the history of the Railway Clearing House and shows the vital role it played in the development of British railways and the growth of the economy. The Clearing House established a common classification of goods; standardized signalling systems and telegraphic codes among the 120 railway companies which operated in Britain... Read more

1. The Transport Bottlenecks Before 1842 2. The Foundation of the Railway Clearing House 3. The Passenger Traffic 4. The Goods Traffic 5. The Parcels Traffic 6. The Organisation of the Clearing House 7. The Clearing House Staff: The Clerks 8. The Clearing House Staff: The Number Takers 9. Standardisation: Rolling Stock and Locomotives 10. Standardisation: Operation 11. Pooling Agreements and Rate Conferences 12. The Railway Clearing House in Wartime and After.

Biography

Philip Bagwell was a British labour and transport historian.

Review of the original edition of The Railway Clearing House:

‘This is a thorough and very readable interpretative study.’ Kent T. Healy, The Journal of Economic History, 29 (3).

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