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Privatisation of British Rail
- The creation of the Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) is closely associated with the privatisation of British Rail that was enacted during the mid 1990s; as a result of new government policies, railway operations were to be operated by various private sector companies working under a franchise arrangement.
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Great North Eastern Railway, often referred to as GNER, was a train operating company in the United Kingdom, owned by Sea Containers, that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland from April 1996 until December 2007.
In many ways, the history of the North Eastern Railway (NER) starts back in the 18th or even 17th century with the intense development of coal mining in north eastern England. Colliery developments led to the early adoption of wagonways.
The London & North Eastern Railway was one of Britain’s ‘big four’ railway companies, created by the 1923 Grouping of smaller companies on a geographical basis. The ‘big four’ formed Britain’s railway system through the difficult 1920s, 1930s and World War II, until they were nationalized in 1948.
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) comes into existence through the merger of six major and 27 smaller railway companies. The LNER was born following the Railways Act of 1921, with the Big Four railway companies launching in 1923.
It was a pioneer in architectural and design matters and in electrification. By 1906 the NER was further ahead than any other British railway in having a set of rules agreed with the trades unions, including arbitration, for resolving disputes. [3]
The GER was formed by a gradual amalgamation of smaller lines, the most important and earliest of which was the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR). The ECR prospectus was issued in 1834, two year later it received Royal Assent and construction commenced shortly after.
Apr 9, 2017 · 1854, 31st July North Eastern Railway formed Formed from the amalgamation of the York Newcastle & Berwick Railway; the York & North Midland Railway; the Malton & Driffield Railway; and the Leeds Northern Railway.
