Two lines originally thought to have been built around one year apart fight it out for the claim to be the ‘first’ British railway - this po...

Alfred Chandler The rise of what Alfred Chandler called the ‘visible hand’ of management has dominated the business history literature f...

The Somerset and Dorset Railway in 1875 The ultimate point of my PhD on the London and South Western Railway’s (LSWR) management between...

 These days we only have one numbered class of travel, first class, and what was originally known as third is now designated ‘standard.’ Yet...

Some observers of the Britain’s railway system argue that current problem with the industry is that no one asks what Britain’s railways are ...

In the late 19th century the number of passengers that Britain's railways carried increased so rapidly that the companies’ infrastructur...

In my work on the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) I am acutely aware of the fact that after 1870 the railway company’s business...

At the core of the operations with large businesses is communication. Smooth and accurate communication is vital to make sure that many diff...

In the late 1800s the railways were still dominant in the transportation market. If you wished to move yourself, your luggage or your goods,...