Big Four

E400039

group of railway companies

The Big Four were the four largest British railway companies that dominated rail transport in Great Britain between the 1923 Grouping and nationalisation in 1948.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Big Four canonical	4
Big Four grouping of 1923	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of railway companies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Big Four (British railway companies) ⓘ surface form: Big Four railway companies Big Four (British railway companies) ⓘ surface form: Big Four railways
appliesToJurisdiction	Great Britain ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionDate	1 January 1948 ⓘ
dissolutionEvent	Transport Act 1947 ⓘ
dissolutionReason	nationalisation of railways in Great Britain ⓘ
dominantInIndustry	rail transport ⓘ
endTime	1948 ⓘ
followedBy	British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways
hasPart	Great Western Railway ⓘ London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ surface form: Southern Railway
historicalRole	rationalisation of pre-grouping railway network ⓘ standardisation of railway practices in Great Britain ⓘ
inceptionEvent	1923 Grouping ⓘ surface form: Railway Grouping of 1923
industry	railway transport ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legislativeBasis	Railways Act 1921 ⓘ
mainSubjectOf	history of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947 ⓘ
notableFor	being the four largest British railway companies between 1923 and 1948 ⓘ
numberOfCompanies	4 ⓘ
operatedIn	England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
partOf	history of British railways ⓘ
precededBy	numerous pre-grouping railway companies in Great Britain ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
replacedBy	nationalised British Railways ⓘ
significantEvent	wartime coordination under government control during World War II ⓘ
startTime	1923 ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War interwar period ⓘ
transportMode	freight rail ⓘ passenger rail ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Railways Act 1921 → commonNameOfGroups → Big Four ⓘ

Big Four (British railway companies) → alsoKnownAs → Big Four ⓘ

LMS → partOfGroup → Big Four ⓘ

LMS → railwayGrouping → Big Four ⓘ

Highland Railway → partOf → Big Four ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Four grouping of 1923