TIME TRAVELLER
Aug 03, 2020
3 minutes
Duncan McEvoy
Bill Jenkins
50 YEARS AGO...
AUGUST 1970
■ British Railways Board’s annual report identified growth in incomes and consumer spending power, an increase in leisure, and rising competition from other forms of transport as the three most important trends affecting future rail prospects. On the passenger side of things, the report said the railway must concentrate on quality of service and aim to show steady improvement year by year. ‘Quality’ here meant speed, comfort, reliability and
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