British Rail

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf former national railway operator
state-owned railway company
associatedPerson Bob Reid
Peter Parker
linked to: Spider-Man

Richard Beeching
country United Kingdom
dissolved 2001
electrificationSystem 25 kV AC overhead
750 V DC third rail
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
inception 1948
industry rail transport
introducedBrand InterCity
Network SouthEast
Rail Express Systems
Railfreight
Railtrack (as infrastructure successor setup)
linked to: Railtrack

Regional Railways
ScotRail
Trainload Freight
linked to: Railfreight

TransPennine Express
introducedLivery InterCity Swallow
linked to: InterCity

Network SouthEast livery
Rail Blue
Sectorisation liveries
introducedRollingStockFamily Advanced Passenger Train
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 electrification
Modernisation Plan of the 1950s
West Coast Main Line electrification
officialName British Railways
linked to: British Rail
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 Railways Board
linked to: British Rail
peakPeriod 1960s
1970s
1980s
predecessor British Transport Commission
Great Western Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Southern Railway
privatisationLegislation Railways Act 1993
railNetworkType heavy rail
reasonForDissolution privatisation of British railways
servedCity Birmingham
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Glasgow
London
linked to: London, England

Manchester
serviceArea England
Scotland
Wales
shortName British Rail
standardTicketingSystem BR computerised reservation system
status defunct
successor Freight Operating Companies
Network Rail
Railtrack
Rolling Stock Companies
Train Operating Companies
trackGauge standard gauge

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Manchester Victoria formerOperator British Rail
Rosyth railway station postnationalisationOperator Scottish Region of British Railways
linked to: British Rail
London Euston laterOperator British Rail
NR context British railways
linked to: British Rail
Scottish rail network historicallyDevelopedFrom British Rail network in Scotland
linked to: British Rail
London, Midland and Scottish Railway successor British Railways
linked to: British Rail
London, Midland and Scottish Railway successor British Railways London Midland Region
linked to: British Rail
London, Midland and Scottish Railway successor British Railways Scottish Region
linked to: British Rail
Derby railway works ownedBy British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Derby railway works operator British Railways
linked to: British Rail
British Rail parentOrganization British Railways Board
linked to: British Rail
British Rail officialName British Railways
linked to: British Rail
British Rail shortName British Rail
Thameslink formerOperator British Rail
Horwich Works laterOperatedBy British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Horwich Works servedRailway British Railways London Midland Region
linked to: British Rail
Horwich laterRailwayOperator British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Transport Act 1947 relatedTo British Railways
linked to: British Rail
London and North Eastern Railway followedBy British Railways
linked to: British Rail
London and North Eastern Railway nationalizedInto British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Railtrack tookOverFrom British Rail
Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route formerOperator British Rail Sealink
linked to: British Rail
Crewe Works operator British Railways
subject linked to: Crewe
linked to: British Rail
Cambrian Line formerOperator British Rail
Severn Tunnel historicalOperator British Rail
East Lancashire Railway laterOperator British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Rawtenstall railway station laterCompany British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Lichfield City railway station laterCompany British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Birmingham Snow Hill formerOperator British Rail
Waterloo & City line laterOperator British Railways
linked to: British Rail
Hayes line historicalOperator British Rail