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.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
British Rail canonical	176
British Railways	128
British Railways Board	12
British Railways London Midland Region	2
British Rail (original operator)	1
British Rail InterCity services	1
British Rail Parcels sector	1
British Rail Sealink	1
British Rail corporate identity	1
British Rail double arrow symbol	1
British Rail era	1
British Rail ferries	1
British Rail freight operations (pre-sectorisation)	1
British Rail main line network	1
British Rail network in Scotland	1
British Rail parcels business	1
British Rail rolling stock	1
British Railways (historical)	1
British Railways Board (residual functions)	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 ⓘ Spider-Man ⓘ surface form: Peter Parker Richard Beeching ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	2001 ⓘ
electrificationSystem	25 kV AC overhead ⓘ 750 V DC third rail ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1948 ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
introducedBrand	InterCity ⓘ Network SouthEast ⓘ Rail Express Systems ⓘ Railfreight ⓘ Railtrack ⓘ surface form: Railtrack (as infrastructure successor setup) Regional Railways ⓘ ScotRail ⓘ Railfreight ⓘ surface form: Trainload Freight TransPennine Express ⓘ
introducedLivery	InterCity ⓘ surface form: InterCity Swallow Network SouthEast livery ⓘ Rail Blue ⓘ Sectorisation liveries ⓘ
introducedRollingStockFamily	Advanced Passenger Train ⓘ British Rail Class 377 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: East Coast Main Line electrification Modernisation Plan of the 1950s ⓘ West Coast Route Modernisation ⓘ surface form: West Coast Main Line electrification
officialName	British Rail self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 Rail self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 (UK) ⓘ surface form: Southern Railway
privatisationLegislation	Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
railNetworkType	heavy rail ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	privatisation of British railways ⓘ
servedCity	Birmingham ⓘ Cardiff ⓘ Edinburgh ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Manchester ⓘ
serviceArea	England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
shortName	British Rail self-link ⓘ
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 (336)

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

Manchester Victoria → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Rosyth railway station → postnationalisationOperator → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Region of British Railways

London Euston → laterOperator → British Rail ⓘ

NR → context → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British railways

Glenrothes with Thornton railway station → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Scottish rail network → historicallyDevelopedFrom → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Rail network in Scotland

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → successor → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → successor → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways London Midland Region

London, Midland and Scottish Railway → successor → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Scottish Region

Manchester–Preston line → railwaySystem → British Rail ⓘ

West Coast Main Line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

London Euston – Birmingham → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

London Euston – Glasgow → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Derby railway works → ownedBy → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Derby railway works → operator → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Burntisland railway station → hasFormerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

British Rail → parentOrganization → British Rail self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways Board

British Rail → officialName → British Rail self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

British Rail → shortName → British Rail self-link ⓘ

Great Yarmouth railway station → hasFormerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Thameslink → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

West Anglia Main Line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Manchester Victoria railway station → formerCompany → British Rail ⓘ

Horwich Works → laterOperatedBy → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Horwich Works → servedRailway → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways London Midland Region

Horwich → laterRailwayOperator → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Transport Act 1947 → relatedTo → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

London and North Eastern Railway → followedBy → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

London and North Eastern Railway → nationalizedInto → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

East Coast Main Line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Railtrack → tookOverFrom → British Rail ⓘ

Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Rail Sealink

Windermere railway station → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Midland Main Line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Crewe → operator → British Rail ⓘ

subject surface form: Crewe Works

this entity surface form: British Railways

Cambrian Line → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Severn Tunnel → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

East Lancashire Railway → laterOperator → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Rawtenstall railway station → laterCompany → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Lichfield City railway station → laterCompany → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Edinburgh–Inverness line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Birmingham Snow Hill → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Waterloo & City line → laterOperator → British Rail ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Railways

Hayes line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Radcliffe Metrolink stop → formerRailwayOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Whitefield Metrolink stop → formerRailwayOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Besses o’ th’ Barn Metrolink stop → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

North Wales Coast Line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ

Ewell West railway station → formerOperator → British Rail ⓘ

South West Main Line → historicalOperator → British Rail ⓘ