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Sector of British Rail Franchise Pre-grouping company Original privatised operator Current operator(s) InterCity Caledonian Sleeper N/A ScotRail: Caledonian Sleeper: East Midlands Midland Railway: Midland Mainline: East Midlands Railway: Greater Western: Great Western Railway Great Western Trains Great Western Railway: InterCity East Coast ...
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.
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.
Three companies took over British Rail's rolling stock on privatisation: Angel Trains – has 4,400 vehicles in the UK owned by AMP Capital Investors, PSP Investments and International Public Partnerships. Eversholt Rail Group – owns a fleet of over 4,000 vehicles and is owned by CK Hutchison Holdings and Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings.
However, the national rail website domain is managed by The Rail Delivery Group on behalf of UK based train operating companies. According to their own website, they are a 'membership organisation that works on behalf of the rail industry to create a simpler, better railway for everyone in Britain.' [2]
The new organisation is owned by its members, which comprise Network Rail, the nationalised owner of Britain's rail infrastructure; the various train operating companies that provide passenger services; the freight operating companies; the Rail Supply Group (RSG) that represents suppliers to the industry; [6] and HS2 Ltd, the company building a ...
Network Rail's main customers are the private train operating companies (TOCs), responsible for passenger transport, and freight operating companies (FOCs), who provide train services on the infrastructure that the company owns and maintains. Since 1 September 2014, Network Rail has been classified as a "public sector body".
The management of British Rail strongly advocated privatisation as one entity, a British Rail plc in effect; Cabinet Minister John Redwood "argued for regional companies in charge of track and trains" but Prime Minister John Major did not back his view; [33] the Treasury, under the influence of the Adam Smith Institute think tank advocated the ...