Railways Act 1993

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The Railways Act 1993 is a UK law that broke up and privatised the state-owned British Rail, creating a new structure of private train operators and separate infrastructure management.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
abolished British Rail as a vertically integrated state railway ⓘ
amendedBy Railways Act 2005 ⓘ
Transport Act 2000 ⓘ
containsPart provisions on access agreements to railway infrastructure ⓘ
provisions on consumer protection for rail users ⓘ
provisions on licensing of railway operators ⓘ
provisions on transfer schemes for railway property ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdConceptOf passenger rail franchises ⓘ
railway infrastructure company ⓘ
train operating companies ⓘ
enabledPrivatisationOf British Rail ⓘ
establishedOffice Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF) ⓘ
establishedRegulator Rail Regulator ⓘ
government John Major government ⓘ
linked to: John Major
implementedPolicy introduction of competition in passenger rail services ⓘ
introduction of competition in rail freight services ⓘ
privatisation of British Rail ⓘ
introducedBy John MacGregor ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalCitation 1993 c. 43 ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the restructuring of the railway industry; to provide for the appointment and functions of a Rail Regulator and a Director of Passenger Rail Franchising; to make provision with respect to the provision of railway services; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
parliamentarySession 1992–93 ⓘ
politicalPartyPromoter Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
providedForCreationOf Director of Passenger Rail Franchising ⓘ
Franchising Director ⓘ
Office of the Rail Regulator ⓘ
linked to: Rail Regulator

Railtrack ⓘ
region Great Britain ⓘ
regulates access to railway track and stations ⓘ
licensing of freight train operators ⓘ
licensing of passenger train operators ⓘ
relatedTo British Railways Board ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

Network Rail ⓘ
Railtrack ⓘ
restructured British Rail ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1993-11-05 ⓘ
sector rail transport ⓘ
separated railway operations from railway infrastructure ⓘ
shortTitle Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
subjectMatter rail transport regulation ⓘ
railway franchising ⓘ
railway infrastructure management ⓘ
railway privatisation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1993 ⓘ

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

British Rail → privatisationLegislation → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Rail Express Systems → privatisationContext → British Rail privatisation ⓘ
linked to: Railways Act 1993
Train Operating Companies → createdFollowing → breakup of British Rail ⓘ
linked to: Railways Act 1993
Railways Act 1993 → shortTitle → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Railway Byelaws → legalBasis → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Transport Act 2000 → amends → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Railways Act 2005 → amends → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Rail Regulator → legalBasis → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Rail Regulator → createdBy → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Franchising Director → usedLegalFramework → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
Franchising Director → createdBy → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
British railway industry → governedBy → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ
British Rail sectorisation era → relatedTo → Railways Act 1993 ⓘ