British Railways Board and British Rail
Other Business Names:
- British Railways
- British Transport Commission
- Railtrack Plc
- Strategic Rail Authority
- Beeching, Dr Richard
- Parker, Sir Peter
- Sealink
- British Transport Hotels
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Property activities
Commercial property development & management exc industrial estates
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Hotel, lodgings & catering services
Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
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Transport equipment production
Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
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Transport services
Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
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Transport services
Shipping services - short distance, inc ownership & management
Notes:
British Railways Board was established in 1963 on abolition of the British Transport Commission which had managed Britain's railways through its Railway Executive since nationalisation in 1947. Traded as British Railways and, from 1965 until 1997, as British Rail. Its early operating structure was: Eastern Region, London Midland Region, Western Region, Southern Region and Scottish Region. In the early 1980s Brtitish Rail was reorganised into five independent and profit accountable business sectors - Intercity; Provincial; Freight; London & South East; and Parcels. At the same time peripheral interests were privatised - British Transport Hotel's assets in 1983, shipping services [Sealink] in 1984, real estate, etc. From 1994 railway infrastructure passed to Railtrack Plc and from 1996 train operating business privatised. It eventually became manager of minor residual assets which passed to Strategic Rail Authority in 2000. Defunct 2001 although continued to exist [2023]
Publications:
- 'A poll tax on wheels'. Might the move to privatise rail in Britain have failed? by Jupe, Robert
- A Railwayman's Odyssey, 1930-1970. From junior clerk to superintendant by Hall, Stan
- A Signal Failure? The organisation and management of British Railways, 1948-1964 by Buttle, G W
- Accounting's motive power. The vision and reality for management accounting on the nationalised railways to 1959 by Quail, John M
- Advanced Passenger Train by Body, Geoffrey, et al
- All Change at Crewe. The story of the modernisation of Crewe's track and signals in 1984 and 1985 by Unknown
- All Change. British railway privatisation by Freeman, Roger, & John Shaw (eds)
- Apprenticeship with British Railways, Derby. Derby Locomotive Training School, British Railways, London Midland Region, Derby by Unknown
- APT. A promise unfulfilled by Williams, L H
- APT InterCity by Unknown
- APT. The untold story by Clough, David N
- Beeching. Champion of the railway? by Hardy, Richard H N
- Beeching. The inside track by Jones, Robin
- Birth of British Rail by Bonavia, Michael R
- Blueprints for Bankruptcy by Gibbins, E A
- BR in the Eighties by Thomas, D St J, & Patrick Whitehouse
- BREL. British Rail Engineering Ltd by Marsden, Colin J
- British Rail, 1948-83. A journey by design by Haresnape, Brian
- British Rail, 1974-97. From integration to privatisation by Gourvish, Terry, with Mike Anson
- British Rail. A new history by Wolmar, Christian
- British Rail after Beeching by Allen, G Freeman
- British Rail Designed, 1948-1997 by Lawrence, David
- British Rail. The first 25 years by Bonavia, Michael R
- British Rail. The nation's railway by Jackson, Tanya
- British Railfreight. Today and tomorrow by Allen, G Freeman
- British Rail's "business led" organization, 1977-90'. Government industry relations in the Britain's public sector by Gourvish, Terry
- British Rail's Western Region by Unknown
- British Railways, 1948-1973. A business history by Gourvish, Terry
- British Railways Engineering, 1948-80 by Johnson, John, & Robert A Long
- British Railways in Transition. The economic problems of Britain's railways since 1914 by Aldcroft, Derek H
- British Transport since 1914. An economic history by Aldcroft, Derek H
- 'Chromium dreams. The political obstacles to railway modernisation in Britain' in M Pinheiro (ed), Railway Modernization. An historical perspective (19th and 20th centuries) by Loft, E Charles
- Competition, Regulation and the Privatisation of British Rail by Shaw, Jon
- Contraction of the network of railway passenger services in England and Wales, 1836-1962 by Patmore, J A
- 'Corporate governance and management structure. The nationalised railway industry in Britain' in R Fitzgerald & E Abe (eds), Development of Corporate Governance in Japan and Britain by Gourvish, Terry
- Disconnected! Broken links in Britain's rail policy by Austin, Chris, & Richard Faulkner
- Ernest Marples. The shadow behind Beeching by Brandon, David, & Martin Upham
- Failings and achievements. Some British businesses, 1910-80 by Coleman, Donald C
- For Starters. The business of life by Parker, Peter
- From Crisis to Rejuvenation. A study of the implementation of change process within British Rail by Hills, C
- From Steam to Stone. A BR life - engine cleaner to stone projects manager by Butcher, David, railway manager
- Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain. Beeching's last trains by Loft, E Charles
- Great Eastern Railway as I Knew It by Farmer, Jack
- Highland Survivor. The story of the Far North Line by Spaven, David
- Holding the Line. How Britain's railways were saved by Faulkner, Richard, & Chris Austin
- Hydraulic vs Electric. The battle for the BR diesel fleet by Clough, David N
- I Tried to Run a Railway by Fiennes, Gerard F
- Illustrated History of British Railway Hotels, 1838-1983 by Carter, Oliver F
- Inside British Rail. Challenges and progress on the nationalised railway, 1970s-1990s by Poole, Stephen
- InterCity APT by Unknown
- InterCity Story by Green, Chris, & Mike Vincent
- Losing Track. An insider's story of Britain's railway transformation from British Rail to the present day, 1968-2019 by Nelson, John
- Man of the Rail by Pearson, Arthur J
- Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country, Sheffield to Bristol by Palmer, John E C
- Network SouthEast Story, 1982-2014 by Green, Chris, & Mike Vincent
- Off the Rails. An autobiography by Marsh, Richard
- Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel by Gourvish, Terry
- One Big Row. Government and the railways, 1951-64 by Loft, E Charles
- Opportunity, isolation and prejudice. Black workers in British Railways, 1948-1997 by Davies, Reginald [Reg] A M
- Organisation of British Railways by Bonavia, Michael R
- Organisation of British Railways, 1948-1964 by Bonavia, Michael R
- Privatisation of British Rail by Harris, Nigel G, & Ernest Godward
- 'Privatising the railways ...' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 2. Popular capitalism, 1987-97 by Parker, David
- Public Enterprise in Practice. The British experience of nationalization over two decades by Pryke, Richard
- Railway Hotels by Patterson, Michael
- 'Railways' in A W J Thompson & L C Hunter, Nationalized Transport Industries by Thompson, Andrew W J, & Laurence C Hunter
- Reappraisal and reshaping. Government and the railway problem, 1951-64 by Loft, E Charles
- Regional Railways Story. Sectorisation to privatisation - three decades of revival by Pettitt, Gordon, & Nicholas Comfort
- Review of the Beeching era by Brackenbury, Allan
- Sauce Supreme. The annihilation of British Transport Hotels Ltd by Land, Peter A
- Scottish Railways, 1923-2016. A history by Ross, David
- Scottish Region. A history, 1948-1973 by Mullay, Alexander J
- 'Some rail replacement bus services in the Eastern Region, 1929-69' in G Boyes (ed), Co-operation and Competition. The history of the railways' relationships with other transport modes by Hibbs, John
- Spotlight on BR. British Railways, 1948-1998. Success or disaster? by Boocock, C P
- Square Deal Denied by Gibbins, E A
- Stratford Railway Workshops by Grosso, Ireneo, & Guy Thompson
- That Was My Railway. From ploughman's kid to railway boss, 1922-1969 by Hick, Frank L
- The Changing Face of British Railways by Bruce, Peter
- The English Railway Station by Parissien, Steven
- The Great Railway Conspiracy. The fall and rise of Britain's railways since the 1950s by Henshaw, David
- The Greatest Railway Blunder by Vaughan, Adrian
- The Modernisation Plan. British Railways' blueprint for the future by Clough, David N
- The Train that Ran Away. Business history of British Railways, 1948-1968 by Joy, Stewart
- Travel Refreshed. A pictorial review of the British Transport Hotels & Catering Services and Pullman Car Co by Unknown
- Twilight of British Rail? by Bonavia, Michael R
- Two Miles a Minute. The story behind the conception of Britain's high speed and Advanced Passenger Trains by Nock, Oswald S
- Views of a Changing Railway. Edward Hopper, railwayman from 1925 to 1968 by Hopper, Maurice
- What kind of railway history did we get? Forty years of research by Gourvish, Terry
- Writing British Rail's history by Gourvish, Terry
- 'Writing the history of British railways' in A K B Evans & J V Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain. Essays in honour of Jack Simmons by Gourvish, Terry
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- British Railways
- British Transport Commission
- Railtrack Plc
- Strategic Rail Authority
- Beeching, Dr Richard
- Parker, Sir Peter
- Sealink
- British Transport Hotels
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Property activities Commercial property development & management exc industrial estates
- Hotel, lodgings & catering services Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
- Transport equipment production Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
- Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
- Transport services Shipping services - short distance, inc ownership & management
Notes:
British Railways Board was established in 1963 on abolition of the British Transport Commission which had managed Britain's railways through its Railway Executive since nationalisation in 1947. Traded as British Railways and, from 1965 until 1997, as British Rail. Its early operating structure was: Eastern Region, London Midland Region, Western Region, Southern Region and Scottish Region. In the early 1980s Brtitish Rail was reorganised into five independent and profit accountable business sectors - Intercity; Provincial; Freight; London & South East; and Parcels. At the same time peripheral interests were privatised - British Transport Hotel's assets in 1983, shipping services [Sealink] in 1984, real estate, etc. From 1994 railway infrastructure passed to Railtrack Plc and from 1996 train operating business privatised. It eventually became manager of minor residual assets which passed to Strategic Rail Authority in 2000. Defunct 2001 although continued to exist [2023]Publications:
- 'A poll tax on wheels'. Might the move to privatise rail in Britain have failed? by Jupe, Robert
- A Railwayman's Odyssey, 1930-1970. From junior clerk to superintendant by Hall, Stan
- A Signal Failure? The organisation and management of British Railways, 1948-1964 by Buttle, G W
- Accounting's motive power. The vision and reality for management accounting on the nationalised railways to 1959 by Quail, John M
- Advanced Passenger Train by Body, Geoffrey, et al
- All Change at Crewe. The story of the modernisation of Crewe's track and signals in 1984 and 1985 by Unknown
- All Change. British railway privatisation by Freeman, Roger, & John Shaw (eds)
- Apprenticeship with British Railways, Derby. Derby Locomotive Training School, British Railways, London Midland Region, Derby by Unknown
- APT. A promise unfulfilled by Williams, L H
- APT InterCity by Unknown
- APT. The untold story by Clough, David N
- Beeching. Champion of the railway? by Hardy, Richard H N
- Beeching. The inside track by Jones, Robin
- Birth of British Rail by Bonavia, Michael R
- Blueprints for Bankruptcy by Gibbins, E A
- BR in the Eighties by Thomas, D St J, & Patrick Whitehouse
- BREL. British Rail Engineering Ltd by Marsden, Colin J
- British Rail, 1948-83. A journey by design by Haresnape, Brian
- British Rail, 1974-97. From integration to privatisation by Gourvish, Terry, with Mike Anson
- British Rail. A new history by Wolmar, Christian
- British Rail after Beeching by Allen, G Freeman
- British Rail Designed, 1948-1997 by Lawrence, David
- British Rail. The first 25 years by Bonavia, Michael R
- British Rail. The nation's railway by Jackson, Tanya
- British Railfreight. Today and tomorrow by Allen, G Freeman
- British Rail's "business led" organization, 1977-90'. Government industry relations in the Britain's public sector by Gourvish, Terry
- British Rail's Western Region by Unknown
- British Railways, 1948-1973. A business history by Gourvish, Terry
- British Railways Engineering, 1948-80 by Johnson, John, & Robert A Long
- British Railways in Transition. The economic problems of Britain's railways since 1914 by Aldcroft, Derek H
- British Transport since 1914. An economic history by Aldcroft, Derek H
- 'Chromium dreams. The political obstacles to railway modernisation in Britain' in M Pinheiro (ed), Railway Modernization. An historical perspective (19th and 20th centuries) by Loft, E Charles
- Competition, Regulation and the Privatisation of British Rail by Shaw, Jon
- Contraction of the network of railway passenger services in England and Wales, 1836-1962 by Patmore, J A
- 'Corporate governance and management structure. The nationalised railway industry in Britain' in R Fitzgerald & E Abe (eds), Development of Corporate Governance in Japan and Britain by Gourvish, Terry
- Disconnected! Broken links in Britain's rail policy by Austin, Chris, & Richard Faulkner
- Ernest Marples. The shadow behind Beeching by Brandon, David, & Martin Upham
- Failings and achievements. Some British businesses, 1910-80 by Coleman, Donald C
- For Starters. The business of life by Parker, Peter
- From Crisis to Rejuvenation. A study of the implementation of change process within British Rail by Hills, C
- From Steam to Stone. A BR life - engine cleaner to stone projects manager by Butcher, David, railway manager
- Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain. Beeching's last trains by Loft, E Charles
- Great Eastern Railway as I Knew It by Farmer, Jack
- Highland Survivor. The story of the Far North Line by Spaven, David
- Holding the Line. How Britain's railways were saved by Faulkner, Richard, & Chris Austin
- Hydraulic vs Electric. The battle for the BR diesel fleet by Clough, David N
- I Tried to Run a Railway by Fiennes, Gerard F
- Illustrated History of British Railway Hotels, 1838-1983 by Carter, Oliver F
- Inside British Rail. Challenges and progress on the nationalised railway, 1970s-1990s by Poole, Stephen
- InterCity APT by Unknown
- InterCity Story by Green, Chris, & Mike Vincent
- Losing Track. An insider's story of Britain's railway transformation from British Rail to the present day, 1968-2019 by Nelson, John
- Man of the Rail by Pearson, Arthur J
- Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country, Sheffield to Bristol by Palmer, John E C
- Network SouthEast Story, 1982-2014 by Green, Chris, & Mike Vincent
- Off the Rails. An autobiography by Marsh, Richard
- Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel by Gourvish, Terry
- One Big Row. Government and the railways, 1951-64 by Loft, E Charles
- Opportunity, isolation and prejudice. Black workers in British Railways, 1948-1997 by Davies, Reginald [Reg] A M
- Organisation of British Railways by Bonavia, Michael R
- Organisation of British Railways, 1948-1964 by Bonavia, Michael R
- Privatisation of British Rail by Harris, Nigel G, & Ernest Godward
- 'Privatising the railways ...' in D Parker, Official History of Privatisation. Volume 2. Popular capitalism, 1987-97 by Parker, David
- Public Enterprise in Practice. The British experience of nationalization over two decades by Pryke, Richard
- Railway Hotels by Patterson, Michael
- 'Railways' in A W J Thompson & L C Hunter, Nationalized Transport Industries by Thompson, Andrew W J, & Laurence C Hunter
- Reappraisal and reshaping. Government and the railway problem, 1951-64 by Loft, E Charles
- Regional Railways Story. Sectorisation to privatisation - three decades of revival by Pettitt, Gordon, & Nicholas Comfort
- Review of the Beeching era by Brackenbury, Allan
- Sauce Supreme. The annihilation of British Transport Hotels Ltd by Land, Peter A
- Scottish Railways, 1923-2016. A history by Ross, David
- Scottish Region. A history, 1948-1973 by Mullay, Alexander J
- 'Some rail replacement bus services in the Eastern Region, 1929-69' in G Boyes (ed), Co-operation and Competition. The history of the railways' relationships with other transport modes by Hibbs, John
- Spotlight on BR. British Railways, 1948-1998. Success or disaster? by Boocock, C P
- Square Deal Denied by Gibbins, E A
- Stratford Railway Workshops by Grosso, Ireneo, & Guy Thompson
- That Was My Railway. From ploughman's kid to railway boss, 1922-1969 by Hick, Frank L
- The Changing Face of British Railways by Bruce, Peter
- The English Railway Station by Parissien, Steven
- The Great Railway Conspiracy. The fall and rise of Britain's railways since the 1950s by Henshaw, David
- The Greatest Railway Blunder by Vaughan, Adrian
- The Modernisation Plan. British Railways' blueprint for the future by Clough, David N
- The Train that Ran Away. Business history of British Railways, 1948-1968 by Joy, Stewart
- Travel Refreshed. A pictorial review of the British Transport Hotels & Catering Services and Pullman Car Co by Unknown
- Twilight of British Rail? by Bonavia, Michael R
- Two Miles a Minute. The story behind the conception of Britain's high speed and Advanced Passenger Trains by Nock, Oswald S
- Views of a Changing Railway. Edward Hopper, railwayman from 1925 to 1968 by Hopper, Maurice
- What kind of railway history did we get? Forty years of research by Gourvish, Terry
- Writing British Rail's history by Gourvish, Terry
- 'Writing the history of British railways' in A K B Evans & J V Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain. Essays in honour of Jack Simmons by Gourvish, Terry