A & N Harris publish and distribute a number of specialist books concerned with the management, planning and operations of modern railways. These books are likely to be of interest to railway professionals, government agencies, academic institutions and their students, and all those concerned with the successful development of the railways as a cost-efficient mode of transport for the 21st century.

Planning Freight Railways

Planning Freight Railways

Managing Railway Operations and Maintenance: Best Practices from KCRC

Managing Railway Operations and Maintenance: Best Practices from KCRC

The Privatisation of British Rail

The Privatisation of British Rail


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Dr Nigel G Harris

Dr Nigel G Harris is managing director of The Railway Consultancy, a specialist railway planning consultancy. His reputation was originally based on technical advances in network modelling and fares policy research. However, he also has expertise in operational simulation, demand forecasting, scheme appraisal and railway business planning, which gives him one of the best understandings in the country of railway business performance. He co-authored the key texts Planning Passenger Railways, Planning Freight Railways and The Privatisation of British Rail, and is a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Newcastle and Birmingham, and has spoken to a wide variety of groups including railway staff, and international conferences in Europe and North America.

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