{"product_id":"british-rail-9781405946278","title":"British Rail","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christian Wolmar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Railroads - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou think you know British Rail. Stale sandwiches, inefficiency, and violent yellow carriages: we haven't looked kindly on the last of our state-owned organizations to be privatized. But through its 50-year lifetime, British Rail transformed our transport system, and for a time provided one of the fastest regular rail services in the world. Born into postwar austerity, impoverished, and exploited by a hostile press, British Rail became a punchline, dismissed and swept away by Conservative government. Now, Christian Wolmar provides a new perspective on public loss in a time of privatization. British Rail is ripe for a new history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45045177122967,"sku":"9781405946278","price":1142.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781405946278.webp?v=1769216109","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/british-rail-9781405946278","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}