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Off the Rails: The Crisis on Britain's Railways

Off the Rails: The Crisis on Britain's Railways

by Andrew Murray (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

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Synopsis

This analysis of the disastrous consequences of private ownership of the railways draws extensively on the author's access to the testimonies of those who work on the railways - the train drivers, signal and maintenance workers,as well as station staff and passengers. The run-up to last October's Hatfield disaster and the subsequent and ongoing chaos are examined in detail. This book is also a call for change, primarily from those who know they can deliver a fully restored, publicly owned national railway, above all one which guarantees the safe and reliable service which passengers expect.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 11 Oct 2001
ISBN 10: 1859846408
ISBN 13: 9781859846407

Media Reviews
It is not often that one can describe a book examining policy failures, management failures and risk assessment failures as a 'rattling good yarn.' -- Tribune Meticulously researched and well-written, this book is a must. -- Morning Star Excellent ... a masterful analysis of the role of privatisation in the crisis currently facing the railways. --John Hendy QC Andrew Murray has produced a mini-masterpiece and done his country an enormous favor ... In a better world ASLEF union organisers would distribute free copies at mainline stations to weary, humiliated commuters. -- New Statesman . .. in exposing the failings that enterprise and political expediency have brought us so far, [this] combination of forceful reasoning and emotional polemics carries the day. The most ardent free-marketeer will struggle to rebut [it]. -- Daily Telegraph . .. prescient ... -- Financial Times Andrew Murray rightly draws attention to the fact that--far from modernising the railways in the interests of the customer--the break-up and privatisation of rail has led to catastrophe and a deteriorating service. His conclusion that rail privatisation is not only 'uniquely awful' but has a wider message about the role of the private sector in the public services is highly relevant to the debate now taking place about the future of those services. --Ken Livingston, Mayor of London
Author Bio
Andrew Murray is Communications Officer for the train drivers union ASLEF. He is the author of Flashpoint: World War 3, and Off the Rails: The Crisis on Britain's Railways.