British Railways (post-1948)

GPTKB entity

Statements (100)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:state-owned_enterprise
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1997
gptkbp:employs railway workers
gptkbp:formed 1948
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Railways (post-1948)
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Blue_Pullman
gptkb:British_Railways_Mark_1_carriage
gptkb:InterCity_125
double arrow logo
Rail Alphabet signage
TOPS system
corporate blue livery
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:British_Rail
BR
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Beeching_cuts
gptkb:Modernisation_Plan_1955
privatization in the 1990s
transition from steam to diesel and electric traction
gptkbp:operates gptkb:ScotRail
gptkb:Western_Region
gptkb:British_Rail_Engineering_Limited
gptkb:Southern_Region
gptkb:Eastern_Region
gptkb:Electrostar_trains
gptkb:InterCity_services
gptkb:London_Midland_Region
gptkb:Motorail_services
gptkb:Network_SouthEast
gptkb:Networker_trains
gptkb:North_Eastern_Region
gptkb:Pacer_trains
gptkb:Red_Star_Parcels
gptkb:Regional_Railways
gptkb:Royal_Train
gptkb:Scottish_Region
level crossings
passenger rail services
electrification projects
Research Division
special trains
containerized freight
Sprinter trains
mail trains
Pullman services
commuter services
sleeping car services
bulk freight
signal boxes
engineering works
locomotive-hauled trains
freight rail services
container trains
track maintenance
parcels trains
wagonload freight
suburban rail services
engineering trains
multiple unit trains
infrastructure renewal
Advanced Passenger Train project
Sealink ferry services
Travellers-Fare catering
ballast trains
block freight trains
car trains
chemical trains
dieselization projects
experimental trains
freight business sectors
heritage locomotive preservation (in later years)
heritage railways (before privatization)
high-speed train development
international services (via Sealink)
mainline express services
merry-go-round coal trains
milk trains
mineral trains
motorail trains
nuclear flask trains
parcels business sectors
petroleum trains
postal trains
rural branch lines
steam locomotive withdrawal
test trains
timber trains
track recording trains
gptkbp:owns gptkb:railway_line
gptkb:steam_locomotive
railway stations
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:British_Transport_Commission
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Big_Four_railway_companies
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Railtrack
gptkb:British_Railways_Board
privatized train operating companies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Railways_(wartime)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7