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Current vote:
Would longer franchises mean more investment and better services, or would franchises get lazy?

Longer means better
Keep em on their toes

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Railways Act 1921
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Sample Quote "1.-(1) With a view to the reorganization and more efficient and economical working of the railway system of Great Britain railways shall be formed into groups in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the principal railway companies in each group shall be amalgamated, and other companies absorbed in manner provided by this Act."
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Archivist's Summary The so-called 'grouping' Act was enacted by the Government to stem the losses being made by a large portion of the 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during the Great War.

This act created the 'big four' railway companies - Southern Railway (SR), Great Western Railway (GWR), London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS), and the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) - from the hundred-odd that had previously existed.

The Act also codified standard charging rates with the establishment of the Railway Rates Tribunal.

Please note that this Act is presented in its original form as passed. This Act may have been amended by subsequent legislation. For details of amendments please see the UK Statute Law Database at www.statutelaw.gov.uk.
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Category Primary legislation
Related Event N/A
Date of Publication 19th August 1921
Author(s) Her Majesty's Government
Publisher Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Sourced? Yes
Source Parliamentary Archives
Original Document Link None
Source Format Paper
Document Copyright Crown (waived)
Permission Requested? No
Permission Granted? No
PDF Available? Yes
PDF File Copyright Creative Commons License The Railways Archive
Creative Commons License
No. of Pages 91
Size of Download (Mb) 3.6
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