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List of Train Operating Companies on the National Rail website Archived 4 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine; Map of Train Operating Companies on the National Rail website; Barry Doe's colour-coded map showing operator(s) on each route (Large PDF)
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 ]
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.
The Rail Delivery Group is the coordinating body of the train operating companies in Great Britain and owns the National Rail brand, which uses the former British Rail double-arrow logo and organises the common ticketing structure. Many of the train operating companies are in fact parts of larger companies which operate multiple franchises.
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.
There are also numerous companies which operate a mixture of inter-city, regional express and local services. The UK's longest direct rail service is operated by CrossCountry from Aberdeen to Penzance, and takes 13 hours 23 minutes to complete. Inter-city trains from London operate out of the following London terminals:
Swiss BLS BLS Re4 class electric locomotive. Austria Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn (GKB); Salzburger Lokalbahn (SLB); Steiermärkische Landesbahnen (STLB); Zillertalbahn (ZB); Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút (GySEV) – Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurth-Eisebahnen (ROeEE)
A unified system, ETCS, is the EU's project to unify train protection across Europe. The specification was written in 1996 in response to EU Directive 96/48/EC. ETCS is being developed as part of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) initiative, and is being