Railtrack
E43444
Railtrack was the former private owner and operator of most of Britain’s railway infrastructure, which was later replaced by the publicly owned Network Rail after financial and safety controversies.
Aliases (3)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct company
→
holding company → rail infrastructure company → |
| assetsTransferredTo | Network Rail → |
| associatedWith |
Hatfield rail crash
→
Ladbroke Grove rail crash → |
| beganOperations | 1994 → |
| businessModel | regulated monopoly → |
| ceasedOperations | 2002 → |
| country | United Kingdom → |
| criticisedFor |
poor maintenance
→
safety management failures → underinvestment in infrastructure → |
| dateOfAdministration | 2001 → |
| dateOfIncorporation | 1994 → |
| dissolved | 2002 → |
| enteredStatus | railway administration → |
| excludedRegion | Northern Ireland → |
| faced |
financial difficulties
→
safety controversies → |
| formedFrom | British Rail infrastructure business → |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
→
surface form: "London"
|
| industryRegime | post-privatisation British rail system → |
| legalForm | public limited company → |
| listedOn | London Stock Exchange → |
| notableFor | collapse leading to renationalisation of rail infrastructure → |
| operatedInSector | rail transport → |
| ownedInfrastructureIn | Great Britain → |
| ownership |
private company
→
publicly owned company → |
| parentCompany |
Railtrack
→
surface form: "Railtrack Group"
|
| placedIntoAdministrationBy | UK government → |
| predecessorOf | Network Rail → |
| privatisationContext | privatisation of British Rail → |
| regulator |
Office of Rail and Road
→
surface form: "Office of the Rail Regulator"
|
| replacedBy | not-for-dividend company model → |
| responsibleFor |
level crossings
→
railway bridges → railway stations infrastructure → railway tracks → railway tunnels → signalling systems → |
| role |
operator of railway infrastructure
→
owner of railway infrastructure → |
| stockMarketStatus | publicly listed company → |
| successorOf | Railtrack → |
| tookOverFrom | British Rail → |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
surface form: "Railtrack (as infrastructure successor setup)"
surface form: "Railtrack Group"