The steam loco hauled trains from St. Marylebone to High Wycombe had a
Ladies Only compartment at the London end next to the guards van. I used
these trains from 1955 to 1960.
Ian Simpson, CISA, CISM
System Auditor
Internal Audit
University of Alberta
Tel: (780) 492 2980
Fax: (780) 492 9445
At 14:15 01/03/2005, Juliet Jain wrote:
>I was recently informed by a lady in her 70s that there used to be
>'women only' railway carriages in britain. Can anyone confirm this,
>and point me to any references about this?
>
>Please email to the address below.
>
>Dr Juliet Jain
>Research Associate
>Centre for Transport and Society
>Faculty of the Built Environment
>University of the West of England
>Frenchay Campus
>Coldharbour Lane
>BRISTOL BS16 1QY
>
>Tel: 0117 328 3304
>Fax: 0117 328 3899
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>
>www.transport.uwe.ac.uk
>
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regards
Bill Hillier
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