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The major engineering works of BR were split-off into a separate company, British Rail Engineering Limited, in 1970. This was subsequently split further, becoming British Rail Maintenance Limited, whose ownership was retained by British Rail; and British Rail Engineering (1988) Limited, which was prepared for privatisation.
North British Railway: 1956 reopened in 2010 as Blackridge Westerham: South Eastern Railway (UK) 1961 Westfield (NBR) North British Railway: 1930 Westgate-in-Weardale: North Eastern Railway: 1953 Westham Halt: Weymouth and Portland Railway: 1952 Westhead Halt: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway: 1951 Westhouses and Blackwell: Midland Railway ...
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway: 1950 Colinton: Caledonian Railway: 1943 College (Glasgow) Glasgow and Coatbridge Railway: 1886 Collessie: North British Railway: 1955 Colliery Road: Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway: 1927 Collingbourne: Midland and South Western Junction Railway: 1961 Collingbourne Kingston Halt: Great Western ...
Cambrian Railways: 1962 Aberfan: Great Western Railway/Rhymney Railway Jt 1951 Aberfeldy: Highland Railway: 1965 Aberford: Aberford Railway: 1924 Aberfoyle: NBR: 1951 Abergavenny Brecon Road: Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway: 1958 Abergavenny Junction: GWR: 1958 Aberglaslyn: Welsh Highland Railway: 1936 reopened as Nantmor in 2010 ...
North British Railway: 1930 Morningside Road: North British Railway: 1962 Morpeth: Blyth and Tyne Railway: 1880 Morris Cowley: GWR: 1963 Morriston East: Midland Railway: 1950 Morriston West: GWR: 1956 Mortehoe & Woolacombe: London and South Western Railway: 1970 Morton Pinkney: East and West Junction Railway: 1952 Morton Road: GNR: 1930 Moseley ...
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.
However, the British Transport Commission felt that many Eastern Region routes would not benefit from this; indeed, many of the rural lines proposed for electrification were in fact closed entirely by Dr Beeching. Instead, the Eastern Region had to content itself with being an early adopter of diesel-electric power, replacing steam at the ...
The first implementation of high-speed rail up to 186 mph in regular passenger service in Great Britain was the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (now known as High Speed 1), when its first phase opened in 2003 linking the British end of the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone with Fawkham Junction in Kent.