British Railways Scottish Region

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British Railways Scottish Region was the post-nationalisation division of British Railways responsible for operating and managing the railway network in Scotland.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of British Railways ⓘ
railway region ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hadHeadquartersLocation Glasgow ⓘ
hasSubdivision Scottish Region operating divisions ⓘ
introducedLivery British Rail corporate blue and grey livery in Scotland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
operatedIn Scotland ⓘ
operatedRollingStockType diesel locomotives ⓘ
diesel multiple units ⓘ
electric multiple units ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ
operatedServiceType freight rail services ⓘ
passenger rail services ⓘ
parentOrganization British Railways Board ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

British Transport Commission ⓘ
partOf British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railNetworkType mainline rail network ⓘ
railwayElectrificationSystem 1.5 kV DC overhead electrification on some early schemes ⓘ
25 kV AC overhead electrification on some routes ⓘ
railwayNetworkFeature main lines and rural branch lines ⓘ
suburban commuter routes around major Scottish cities ⓘ
railwaySignallingStandard British Rail signalling practices ⓘ
regulatoryFramework United Kingdom railway legislation ⓘ
replaced pre‑nationalisation Scottish railway companies ⓘ
responsibleFor management of railway infrastructure in Scotland ⓘ
operation of railway services in Scotland ⓘ
safetySystem British Rail rule book ⓘ
servedCity Aberdeen ⓘ
Dundee ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
servedRegion Highlands ⓘ
Lowlands ⓘ
Scottish Borders ⓘ
ticketClassSystem first class ⓘ
second class ⓘ
third class (early post‑nationalisation period) ⓘ
usedBrand British Rail ⓘ
British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
usedCurrency Pound sterling ⓘ
usedOperatingLanguage English railway operating terminology ⓘ
usedPreNationalisationInfrastructureOf London Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
usedTicketingSystem British Rail national ticketing system ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

LMS → successorCompany → British Railways Scottish Region ⓘ
British Railways Western Region → concurrentWith → British Railways Scottish Region ⓘ
British Rail first-generation DMUs → usedBy → Scottish Region of British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Railways Scottish Region
LNER Class P2 → railwayRegion → LNER Scottish Area ⓘ
linked to: British Railways Scottish Region
ScotRail Highland routes → historicalPredecessor → British Rail Scottish Region rural services ⓘ
linked to: British Railways Scottish Region
Mosspark → postGroupingCompany → British Railways (Scottish Region) ⓘ
linked to: British Railways Scottish Region
Brush Type 4 → operatedOn → British Rail Scottish Region ⓘ
linked to: British Railways Scottish Region
LNER Group Standard tender → railwayRegion → LNER Scottish Area ⓘ
linked to: British Railways Scottish Region
Deeside Line → region → British Railways Scottish Region ⓘ
Scottish railway works network → usedBy → British Railways Scottish Region ⓘ
Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway → laterPartOf → British Railways (Scottish Region) ⓘ
linked to: British Railways Scottish Region