CASH CRISIS AS APT ENTERS SERVICE

As British Rail prepares to put its glamorous new Advanced Passenger Train (APT) into trial revenue service, the system faces a crisis of investment. Equipment bought during the post-war renewal and modernization programs is coming to the end of its useful life. Just to keep pace with the existing need for renewal of rolling stock and fixed installations requires 340 million pounds a year more than BR is getting in investment capital.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15-19
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financial capital; Fleet management; Government funding; Planning
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Fleet planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310625
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1980 12:00AM