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...
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The privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into...
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900-999 British Rail coach type codes List of British Railways steam locomotives as of 31 December 1967 List of British Railways shed codes British Rail train...
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to British and other European railway companies. In Continental Europe it is marketed as the EMD Class 66 (JT42CWR). On the privatisation of British Rail's...
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InterCity 125 (redirect from British Rail class 253)
Train (HST) is a diesel-powered high-speed passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982. A total of 95 sets were produced...
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British Rail Class 37 is a diesel–electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3, the class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation...
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The British Rail Double Arrow is a logo that was created for British Rail (BR), the then state-owned operator of Britain's railway network, in 1965. It...
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612 billion journeys on the National Rail network, making the British network the fifth most used in the world (Great Britain ranks 23rd in world population)...
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The British Rail Class 150 Sprinter is a class of diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger trains, developed and built by British Rail Engineering Limited...
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The British Rail Class 805 Evero is a type of bi-mode multiple unit built by Hitachi Rail for Avanti West Coast. Based on the Hitachi A-train design,...
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The British Rail Class 807 Evero is a type of electric multiple unit being built by Hitachi Rail for train operator Avanti West Coast. Based on the Hitachi...
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The British Rail Class 55, also known as a Deltic, or English Electric Type 5, is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric...
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In British popular culture, the British Rail sandwiches were the sandwiches sold for consumption on passenger trains of the former British Rail (BR), during...
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The British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train. It is a member of the Sprinter series of regional trains,...
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Motorail was the brand name for British Rail's long-distance services that carried passengers and their cars. During its latter years of operation, it...
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The British Rail Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger train designed and built by Adtranz, and later by Bombardier...
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The British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter is a diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger train. A total of 114 sets were built between 1987 and 1989 for...
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multiple unit trains in use on the British railway system. They were built in the 1980s and early-1990s by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL), Metro-Cammell...
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Pacer was the operational name of the British Rail Classes 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses built between 1980 and 1987. They...
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British Rail Class 43 may refer to: British Rail Class 43 (Warship Class), diesel-hydraulic locomotives built from 1960 to 1962 British Rail Class 43 (HST)...
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The British Rail Class 373, known in France as the TGV TMST and branded by Eurostar as the Eurostar e300, is a French designed and Anglo-French built electric...
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The impact of the privatisation of British Rail has been the subject of much debate, with the stated benefits including improved customer service, and...
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however the shed codes remained unchanged. List of British Rail TOPS depot codes Steam locomotives of British Railways Whitehouse, Patrick; Thomas, David St...
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Wealdstone Station in the London Midland Region, British Railways (PDF). Ministry of Transport, Rail Accident Investigation Branch. p. 1. Currie 1971...
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The British Rail Class 800, branded as the Intercity Express Train (IET) by Great Western Railway (GWR) and Azuma by London North Eastern Railway (LNER)...
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passenger services previously provided by the British Railways Board, from 1965 using the brand name British Rail. Northern Ireland, which is bordered by the...
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Traction, Loughborough, as a technology demonstrator for potential future British Rail and export orders. The locomotive number is a combination of the initials...
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Great British Railways (GBR) is a planned state-owned railway company that is to oversee passenger rail transport in Great Britain, with the exception...
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British Rail produced a variety of railbuses, both as a means of acquiring new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide economical services on lightly used...
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ScotRail was the trading name providing a distinctive brand for the British Rail network in Scotland,[page needed] first adopted on 22 September 1983,...
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