In which decade was third class rail travel re-designated second class on British railways?
Travel class 1950s in favor of a two-tier structure conceived by the UIC. In fact, the old "first class" from the pre-World War II-era was deleted without substitution because of low ridership in postwar times, therefor the old "second class" became the new "first class" and the "third class", with hardly any wooden seatings left, was declared the new "second class". Trains in Great Britain provide a two-tier class structure, with the higher tier called "first class". The lower tier was re-branded from "third class" to "second class" by British Rail from 3 June 1956, and then to "standard class" from 11
British Rail Class 505 Southport and Wirral line EMUs which the LMS introduced just a few years later. Each 3-car Altrincham Electric comprised:- The third class compartments were later re-classified as second class by British Railways in 1956. British Rail Class 505 British Railways Class 505 were 1,500 V DC electric multiple units (EMUs) introduced in 1931 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). Although assigned to TOPS Class 505 by British Railways, these units were withdrawn before the TOPS numbering system came into common use for multiple units, and the Class 505 designation is very rarely used. Following the 1923 Grouping,