British Rail

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former national railway operator state-owned railway company

British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.

Aliases (9)

British Railways ×28
British Railways Board ×2
British Railways London Midland Region ×2
British Rail Sealink ×1
British Rail era ×1
British Rail network in Scotland ×1
British Railways Scottish Region ×1
British railways ×1
Scottish Region of British Railways ×1

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former national railway operator → state-owned railway company →
associatedPerson	Bob Reid → Peter Parker → Richard Beeching →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	2001 →
electrificationSystem	25 kV AC overhead → 750 V DC third rail →
headquartersLocation	London →
inception	1948 →
industry	rail transport →
introducedBrand	InterCity → Network SouthEast → Rail Express Systems → Railfreight → Railtrack (as infrastructure successor setup) → Regional Railways → ScotRail → Trainload Freight → TransPennine Express →
introducedLivery	InterCity Swallow → Network SouthEast livery → Rail Blue → Sectorisation liveries →
introducedRollingStockFamily	Advanced Passenger Train → Electrostar (specified before privatisation) → High Speed Train → Networker → Sprinter →
introducedTicket	InterRail pass (as participating operator) → Saver ticket → SuperSaver ticket →
legalForm	public corporation →
legislatedBy	Transport Act 1947 →
logo	Double arrow symbol →
logoAdoptionDate	1965 →
logoDesigner	Design Research Unit →
nameChange	British Railways to British Rail →
nameChangeDate	1965 →
notableProject	Beeching cuts implementation → East Coast Main Line electrification → Modernisation Plan of the 1950s → West Coast Main Line electrification →
officialName	British Railways →
operated	commuter rail services → freight rail services → inter-city rail services → passenger rail services → regional rail services →
operatedIn	Great Britain →
ownedBy	UK government →
parentOrganization	British Railways Board →
peakPeriod	1960s → 1970s → 1980s →
predecessor	British Transport Commission → Great Western Railway → London and North Eastern Railway → London, Midland and Scottish Railway → Southern Railway →
privatisationLegislation	Railways Act 1993 →
railNetworkType	heavy rail →
reasonForDissolution	privatisation of British railways →
servedCity	Birmingham → Cardiff → Edinburgh → Glasgow → London → Manchester →
serviceArea	England → Scotland → Wales →
shortName	British Rail →
standardTicketingSystem	BR computerised reservation system →
status	defunct →
successor	Freight Operating Companies → Network Rail → Railtrack → Rolling Stock Companies → Train Operating Companies →
trackGauge	standard gauge →

Referenced by (70)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Calder Valley line → East Coast Main Line → Edinburgh–Inverness line → Hayes line → London Euston – Birmingham → London Euston – Glasgow → Midland Main Line → North Wales Coast Line → Paisley Canal Line → Severn Tunnel → South West Main Line → West Anglia Main Line → West Coast Main Line →	historicalOperator
Besses o’ th’ Barn Metrolink stop → Birmingham Snow Hill → Cambrian Line → Ewell West railway station → Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route ("British Rail Sealink") → Glenrothes with Thornton railway station → Manchester Victoria → Perth railway station → Thameslink → West Highland Line → Windermere railway station →	formerOperator
Crewe Works ("British Railways") → Crewe Works ("British Railways") → Derby railway works ("British Railways") → LMS Black Five ("British Railways") → LMS Jubilee Class ("British Railways") → LMS Princess Royal Class ("British Railways") →	operator
LMS ("British Railways") → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ("British Railways") → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ("British Railways London Midland Region") → London, Midland and Scottish Railway ("British Railways Scottish Region") →	successor
Grantham railway station ("British Railways") → Lichfield City railway station ("British Railways") → Rawtenstall railway station ("British Railways") →	laterCompany
East Lancashire Railway ("British Railways") → London Euston → Waterloo & City line ("British Railways") →	laterOperator
Big Four (British railway companies) ("British Railways") → London and North Eastern Railway ("British Railways") →	followedBy
Radcliffe Metrolink stop → Whitefield Metrolink stop →	formerRailwayOperator
Burntisland railway station → Great Yarmouth railway station →	hasFormerOperator
Crewe Works ("British Railways") → Derby railway works ("British Railways") →	ownedBy
St Rollox Works ("British Railways") →	associatedWith
NR ("British railways") →	context
George Ivatt ("British Railways") →	employer
Manchester Victoria railway station →	formerCompany
British Transport Commission ("British Railways") →	hasPart
Scottish rail network ("British Rail network in Scotland") →	historicallyDevelopedFrom
Crewe Works ("British Rail era") →	historicalPeriod
Horwich Works ("British Railways") →	laterOperatedBy
Horwich ("British Railways") →	laterRailwayOperator
London and North Eastern Railway ("British Railways") →	nationalizedInto
British Rail ("British Railways") →	officialName
British Transport Commission ("British Railways") →	owned
British Rail ("British Railways Board") →	parentOrganization
Rosyth railway station ("Scottish Region of British Railways") →	postnationalisationOperator
Manchester–Preston line →	railwaySystem
Transport Act 1947 ("British Railways") →	relatedTo
British Transport Commission ("British Railways Board") →	replacedBy
Horwich Works ("British Railways London Midland Region") →	servedRailway
British Rail →	shortName
LMS 8F ("British Railways") →	successorOperator
Railtrack →	tookOverFrom
LMS 8F ("British Railways") →	usedBy