British Railways (British Rail, or BR), was the standard-gauge (4ft 8½in or 1,435mm) mainline railway for Britain (the United Kingdom), between 1948 to 1997. Post 1965 it was known as British Rail, a modernizing theme (similar to CP Rail and CN in Canada), but was from 1994 to 1997 and is no longer the primary UK Class 1 railway in the UK.
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| - British Railways (British Rail, or BR), was the standard-gauge (4ft 8½in or 1,435mm) mainline railway for Britain (the United Kingdom), between 1948 to 1997. Post 1965 it was known as British Rail, a modernizing theme (similar to CP Rail and CN in Canada), but was from 1994 to 1997 and is no longer the primary UK Class 1 railway in the UK.
- British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in 1962: the British Railways Board. The Wikipedia page is [1]
- The period of nationalisation saw sweeping changes in the national railway network; a process of dieselisation occurred which saw steam traction eliminated in 1968, in favour of diesel and electric power. Passengers replaced freight as the main source of business and one third of the network was closed by the Beeching Axe of the 1960s.
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| - The period of nationalisation saw sweeping changes in the national railway network; a process of dieselisation occurred which saw steam traction eliminated in 1968, in favour of diesel and electric power. Passengers replaced freight as the main source of business and one third of the network was closed by the Beeching Axe of the 1960s. The British Rail "double arrow" logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed "the arrow of indecision". It is now employed as a generic symbol on street signs in Great Britain denoting railway stations, and as part of the Association of Train Operating Companies' jointly-managed National Rail brand—being still printed on railway tickets.
- British Railways (British Rail, or BR), was the standard-gauge (4ft 8½in or 1,435mm) mainline railway for Britain (the United Kingdom), between 1948 to 1997. Post 1965 it was known as British Rail, a modernizing theme (similar to CP Rail and CN in Canada), but was from 1994 to 1997 and is no longer the primary UK Class 1 railway in the UK.
- British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in 1962: the British Railways Board. The Wikipedia page is [1]
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