Regional Railways

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Regional Railways was one of the post-sectorisation passenger business sectors of British Rail, responsible for operating local and regional train services across much of the UK outside the main intercity and commuter networks.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Rail sector ⓘ
passenger rail operator ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1997 ⓘ
endDate 1997-03-31 ⓘ
formerName Provincial ⓘ
headquartersLocation Birmingham ⓘ
inception 1982 ⓘ
liveryColor blue ⓘ
light blue ⓘ
white ⓘ
logoUsedFrom 1987 ⓘ
logoUsedUntil 1997 ⓘ
mainCompetitor InterCity ⓘ
Network SouthEast ⓘ
notableRouteType cross-country regional routes ⓘ
rural branch lines ⓘ
suburban routes outside Network SouthEast ⓘ
operatedRailServices local rail services ⓘ
regional rail services ⓘ
operatedRollingStockType diesel multiple unit ⓘ
electric multiple unit ⓘ
locomotive-hauled coaching stock ⓘ
operatedUnderBrand Regional Railways self-link ⓘ
ownedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: UK Government
parentOrganization British Rail ⓘ
partOf sectorisation of British Rail ⓘ
precededBy British Rail Provincial sector ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railwayNetwork British railway network ⓘ
surface form: British Rail network
replacedBy Anglia Railways ⓘ
Central Trains (former) ⓘ
surface form: Central Trains

Merseyrail ⓘ
surface form: Merseyrail Electrics

North West Trains ⓘ
Regional Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Regional Railways North East

Regional Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Regional Railways North West

ScotRail ⓘ
surface form: ScotRail (privatised)

Wales & West ⓘ
West Anglia Great Northern ⓘ
sectorType passenger operations ⓘ
serviceArea England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
border regions of Scotland ⓘ
border regions of Wales ⓘ
startDate 1982-10-01 ⓘ
trackOwnership British Rail ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Rail → introducedBrand → Regional Railways ⓘ
Mark 2 coaching stock → usedByOperator → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Railways Western Region → successor → Regional Railways ⓘ
Regional Railways → replacedBy → Regional Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regional Railways North East
Regional Railways → replacedBy → Regional Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regional Railways North West
Regional Railways → operatedUnderBrand → Regional Railways self-link ⓘ
Class 156 Super Sprinter → operator → Regional Railways ⓘ
subject surface form: British Rail Class 156
this entity surface form: Regional Railways (former)
Central Trains (former) → tookOverFrom → Regional Railways ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Trains
Arriva Trains Northern → predecessor → Regional Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regional Railways North East
Arriva Trains Northern → predecessor → Regional Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regional Railways North West
Parbold railway station → formerOperator → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Rail Eastern Region → successor → Regional Railways ⓘ
Giggleswick railway station → formerOperator → Regional Railways ⓘ
London Midland Region → replacedBy → Regional Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regional Railways sector
British Railways London Midland Region → followedBy → Regional Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regional Railways sector