Railways Act 1921
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railways-act-1921-180-16485266
title:
Railways Act 1921
text:
The Railways Act 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an act of Parliament enacted by the British government, and was intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, by "grouping" them into four large companies, dubbed the "Big Four". The intention was to reduce inefficient internal competition between railway companies, and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway system during and after the Great
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description:
Legislation rationalising the British Railway System
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways_Act_1921
date created:
2004-03-30T09:45:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:28:18Z
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