British Railways in the 1970s and 80s (Shire Library)

For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts

In British Rail in the 1970s and '80s, Greg Morse takes us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period, which began with the aftershock of Beeching and ended with BR becoming the first nationalized passenger network in the world to make a profit.