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Northern Rail Serco-Abellio: 12 December 2004: 31 March 2016: Arriva Rail North: NT Northern Spirit: Regional Railways North East MTL: 2 March 1997: February 2000: Arriva Trains Northern: NS North Western Trains: North West Regional Railways Great Western Holdings: 2 March 1997: March 1998: First North Western: NW ScotRail: ScotRail National ...
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After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
National Rail should not be confused with Network Rail.National Rail is a brand used to promote passenger railway services, and providing some harmonisation for passengers in ticketing, while Network Rail is the organisation which owns and manages most of the fixed assets of the railway network, including tracks, stations and signals. [1]
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Following the privatisation of British Rail (over the period 1994-1997), numerous railway companies have been formed to operate or maintain the various parts of the railway. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in January 1963, when it was formally renamed the British Railways Board.
British Railways: From 1948 to 1994 the 'mainline' railway network was in the hands of the single nationalised operator, British Railways (later promoted as British Rail). Post-privatisation companies: From 1994, a number of privately owned companies have operated and maintained 'mainline' railway track and trains.