单词 | british railways |
释义 | > as lemmasBritish Railways British Railways n. now historical (the name of) the national railway system of Great Britain or its management company, later called British Rail; cf. British Rail n.Between 1948 and 1962 British Railways was a part of the British Transport Commission. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > under one management > specific GW1839 Vicinal1895 L.M.S.1923 L.N.E.R.1923 S.R.1923 British Railways1947 B.R.1949 S.N.C.F.1949 British Rail1964 Amtrak1973 1947 Times 24 Sept. 2/5 Sir Eustace Missenden..has recently been appointed chairman of the Executive of British Railways. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 12 British Railways, a weary and over-extended system, had been slithering ever deeper into deficits since 1953. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians 3 The waiting-rooms in British Railways stations in the 1950s were still gaslit. < as lemmas |
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