Railway Studies research retrospective

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This event is ONLINE only - watch via a webcast.

In January 2025 the final students will graduate from the University of York's Masters Degree in Railway Studies. Over the programme's life, those who studied produced around 60 original research dissertations. They covered a diverse range of subjects, encompassing social, economic, business, cultural and labour history, amongst other things, expanding considerably their understanding of the history of transport and mobility. This session celebrates the programme's life and the students' achievements, with a series of lightning papers drawn from their research.

Our speakers include, amongst others, the following:

William Ramsden - Joint Railways - how organisations cooperate - This presentation illustrates the different means by which companies cooperated in the development of joint railways and uses the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway as a case study to demonstrate how such relationships developed.

Andrew Sage - Britain’s energy crisis - a missed opportunity for British Rail’s Motorail? -Was Britain’s 1973-5 energy crisis an opportunity for British Rail’s Motorail to increase its relevance or did it become a victim of industrial action?

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This event last took place on: Thu 16th Jan 2025

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