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   What happened to British Rail?

   • At the end of the process, any remaining obligations of British Rail were transferred to BRB (Residuary) Limited. The British Rail Double Arrow logo remains in place and is now employed as a generic symbol on street signs in Great Britain denoting railway stations. British Rail filmstrip showing how the railways were unified under BR.

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   When did British Railways start?

   • British Railways came into existence as the business name of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission (BTC) on 1 January 1948 when it took over the assets of the Big Four. There were also joint railways between the Big Four and a few light railways to consider (see list of constituents of British Railways ).

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   Who is British Rail Engineering Limited?

   • Incorporated on 31 October 1969, British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was a wholly owned railway systems engineering subsidiary of the British Railways Board. Created through the Transport Act 1968, to manage BR's thirteen workshops, it replaced the British Rail Workshops Division, which had existed since 1948.

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   When did the GWR become a part of the British Railways?

   • The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally merged at the end of 1947 when it was nationalised and became the Western Region of British Railways .

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2. www.railmagazine.com › rail-review › insightThe first steps on the path to fares reform?

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   1 day ago · The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) is keen to get things under way. “Progress can be made while it (the bill) works its way through the political system,” says GBRTT Programme Director for Fares, Ticketing and Reform Stewart Fox-Mills.

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   2 days ago · 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.

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   2 days ago · The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841.

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   3 days ago · Taking this approach across routes for the seven train operators mentioned above would save Britain’s railways £3.5 billion over 35 years compared with using diesel-battery-electric ‘tri-mode’ trains, as had been proposed. And it would support the Government’s aim of removing diesel-only trains from Britain’s railways by 2040.

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   2 days ago · London Bridge to Chatham (Season 2 Episode 16 of 25): Michael Portillo begins a journey from London Bridge to Hastings. Great British Railway Journeys airs on Yesterday at 12:30 AM, Tuesday 4 June.