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ME Northern Trains: Franchise Northern DfT Operator: 77% 1 March 2020: Arriva Rail North: NT ScotRail: ScotRail: Scottish Rail Holdings — 1 April 2022: Abellio ScotRail: SR Southeastern: South Eastern: DfT Operator — 17 October 2021: Southeastern (Govia) SE South Western Railway (also operating Island Line) South Western
Railway lines in England and Wales, as of 2010 This is a list of railway lines in Great Britain that are currently in operation, split by country and region . There are a limited number of main inter-regional lines, with all but one entering Greater London . [ 1 ]
On 1 March 2020, operation of the Northern franchise transferred from Arriva Rail North to the UK government-owned Northern Trains. Because the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom caused passenger numbers to reduce to near zero, the UK government took emergency action to support train operating companies by assuming their financial risks ...
The growth in road transport during the 1920s and 1930s greatly reduced revenue for the rail companies. Rail companies accused the government of favouring road haulage through the subsidised construction of roads. The railways entered a slow decline owing to a lack of investment and changes in transport policy and lifestyles.
Pages in category "Train operating companies in the United Kingdom" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards ...
In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities. Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track-only companies and train-only companies.
Great Western Railway also operates the Heathrow Express service. The company began operating in February 1996 as Great Western Trains, as part of the privatisation of British Rail. In December 1998, it became First Great Western after FirstGroup bought out its partners' shares in Great Western Holdings.