1st Edition

Studies in Railway Expansion and the Capital Market in England 1825-1873

Edited By Seymour Broadbridge Copyright 2006
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book was first published in 1969. This volume includes essays on the development of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway network; the early Railway Capital Market and tables n expenses, capital and gross revenue and expediture.

    PART 1: THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY NETWORK

    1. Origins and development 1825-1873

    2. Traffic and profits 1842-1873

    PART 2: THE EARLY RAILWAY CAPITAL MARKET

    3. The sources of early loan capital

    4. The sources of share capital

    5. The early railway capital market

    Biography

    Seymour Broadbridge