Regional Railways

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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.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
ownedBy UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
parentOrganization British Rail ⓘ
partOf sectorisation of British Rail ⓘ
precededBy British Rail Provincial sector ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railwayNetwork British Rail network ⓘ
replacedBy Anglia Railways ⓘ
Central Trains ⓘ
Merseyrail Electrics ⓘ
linked to: Merseyrail

North West Trains ⓘ
Regional Railways North East ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways

Regional Railways North West ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways

ScotRail (privatised) ⓘ
linked to: ScotRail

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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 North East ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
Regional Railways → replacedBy → Regional Railways North West ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
Regional Railways → operatedUnderBrand → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Rail Class 156 → operator → Regional Railways (former) ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 156 Super Sprinter
linked to: Regional Railways
Central Trains → tookOverFrom → Regional Railways ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Trains (former)
Arriva Trains Northern → predecessor → Regional Railways North East ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
Arriva Trains Northern → predecessor → Regional Railways North West ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
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 sector ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
British Railways London Midland Region → followedBy → Regional Railways sector ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
British Rail Class 158 → operator → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Rail Provincial sector → successor → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Rail Provincial sector → rebrandedAs → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Rail Provincial sector → successorSector → Regional Railways sector ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
British Rail Class 155 → operator → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Rail Class 323 → formerOperator → Regional Railways ⓘ
British Rail Class 156 → operator → Regional Railways (former) ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 156 diesel multiple unit
linked to: Regional Railways
British Rail Class 143 → operatedBy → Regional Railways ⓘ
BR Eastern Region → successor → Regional Railways (for some secondary routes) ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
Eastern Region → successor → Regional Railways ⓘ
subject linked to: ER
Crowle railway station → formerOperator → Regional Railways ⓘ
Eastern Region → subsequentDivisionReplacedBy → Regional Railways sector ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
Manchester–Hadfield → formerOperator → Regional Railways ⓘ