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Title: CRASH THAT STOPPED BRITAIN
By: Ian Jack
Format: Paperback

List price: £4.99


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ISBN 10: 1862074682
ISBN 13: 9781862074682
Publisher: GRANTA BOOKS
Pub. date: 3 April, 2001
Pages: 96
Description: The Hatfield crash on October 17, 2000 killed four people and caused several months of social chaos. In this book, Ian Jack offers an in-depth analysis into the background of the crash and the implications it presents for Britain.
Synopsis: The Hatfield crash on October 17, 2000, killed four people and caused several months of social chaos. Britain, which invented the modern railway, now has the most incompetent railway system in Europe and the most fragmentary in the world. This is the frightenning story of its unescessary ruin.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Granta Books
Returns: Returnable
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