5. What are the most interesting facts about British Railways?
1*Railways were Britain's gift to the world. She invented them, developed them and covered herself with them, and sent out her engineers to build them in continental Europe and much far then a field.
2* There is 15,795 route kilometres in Great Britain's National Rail network 14 353 of which dre open to The longest railway tunnel in Great Britain is the Severn Tunnel. It is over 7km (about 4.5 miles) long and would take you over two hours to walk.
3*Around 70% of train journeys taken in Great Britain either start or finish in London.
4*Around 43%% of peak time trips into central Lon- don involve a rail journey. No other region in Grea Britain uses rail as much as London and people in passenger trains.
5*There are 40,000 bridges/tunnels and 9,000 level
crossings on Great Britain's National Rail network.
6 *The longest station platform in England is at Gloucester. At 602.6m long, it is about six times longer than a football pitch AI Londan use trains six times more than people in other cities.
