第一次世界大战中,1914年政府责令英国各个分散的铁路公司,在战时铁路执行委员会的指导下统一运营,组织军队和物资的运输。作为回报,政府保证铁路的纯收入等于1913年的水平。铁路执行委员会包括了主要铁路公司的总经理。战争中国家资源几乎耗尽,铁路必须适应战时状态下的民用运输特别是必须承担军队、军需职工的运输和用于战争物资的运输。由于安全和经济的原因,那些战前可以由水路完成的运输则必须由铁路来承担。以承担主要战争运输的大北线为例,货物运输量增加了125％,军人运输量增加了60％。最大的军队运输在伦敦一西南铁路线上,从那里通过干线经南安普敦和欧洲大陆相连。战争期间,铁路公司运送了不少于2000万的士兵。东海岸线最为繁忙,它开通了13000趟专列,运输了1050万军队,此外 During World War I, in 1914, the government ordered all the scattered railroad companies in Britain to unify operations under the guidance of the Wartian Railway Executive Committee to organize the transport of troops and supplies. In return, the government guaranteed that the railroad’s net income would equal the level of 1913. The railway executive committee includes the general manager of the major railroad companies. During the war, the resources of the country were almost exhausted. The railway had to adapt to the civil transport under wartime conditions. In particular, the railway must carry the transportation of the army, military workers, and transport of war supplies. For reasons of safety and economy, those which can be completed by waterways before the war have to be borne by the railway. Taking the Dabei Line, which undertakes the major transport of war as an example, the volume of freight traffic has increased by 125% and the number of military traffic has increased by 60%. The largest troop transport is on a southwestern rail line in London, from there through Southampton and the European continent. During the war, the railway company transported no less than 20 million soldiers. The busiest east coast line has opened 13,000 trains and transported 10.5 million troops. In addition