British Rail
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| Founded | January 1 |
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| 1948 | |
| Headquarters location | London, United Kingdom |
| Defunct | February 1, 2001 |
| Parent organizations | Sealink |
| British Railways Board | |
| British Transport Commission | |
| Subsidiaries | Railfreight |
| Railfreight Distribution | |
| Loadhaul | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 2243251 |
About British Rail
British Railways, which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.
Swanage Railway T3 class No. 563 steam locomotive returns to action
... The Swanage branch line was closed and demolished by British Rail in 1972 but volunteers spent 30 years rebuilding it as a tourist attraction which, in 2019, carried more than 200,000 passengers...
'First' black history statues return to Brixton
... Platforms Piece, which was commissioned by the Public Art Development Trust on behalf of British Rail, also shows two other Brixton residents, Karin Heistermann and Peter Lloyd...
Rail ticket sale launched as travel costs criticised
... The government s " Great British Rail Sale" will see prices slashed by as much as half, with cheaper off-peak travel on offer in April and May...
UK railways need ‘radical overhaul', campaigners say
...The entire British Rail network should be radically overhauled to end the spectre of nightmare journeys , campaigners have...
If HS2 in Crewe, then what?'
... Series were cars parked on the sidewalk, their owners among the thousands of workers within West street, huge warehouses, building locomotives for the British Railways...
Northern rail: politicians demand Pacer trains per day travelling compensation
... a joint venture between British Rail and Leyland Motors were...
News Daily: EU 'not convinced' of Brexit and the UK struggles with Facebook
... On this dayin 1976, The first British Rail was entering the Inter-City 125 high-speed train service between London and Bristol...
