Regional Railways

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British Rail sector passenger rail operator

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Regional Railways canonical	8
Regional Railways North East	2
Regional Railways North West	2
Regional Railways sector	2
Regional Railways (former)	1

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 ⓘ

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