Robin Gibbons – The 1923 Grouping

We have all heard of the Grouping but how much do we really know about it? Robin Gibbons takes a deep dive into the Grouping including looking at the development of the railway companies in Great Britain up to that point, their uneasy relationship with Parliament, the background to the Grouping including the impact of the First World War, how the Grouping was implemented and a brief look at how the “Big Four” fared from a financial viewpoint