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1. www.ft.com › content › f97bc627-bf5a-4094-ab9b-7eBritish Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run ...

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   Jul 4, 2022 · Yet much of British Rail’s history is hard to present sympathetically. The new body was split into six regions based mainly on the four railways created by government-directed mergers following ...

2. www.cityam.com › owns-uks-railways-well-notWho owns the UK's railways? Well, not British firms in many ...

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   Jan 11, 2017 · In fact, according to the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, 70 per cent of Britain's railways are now under foreign ownership to some degree. Devil in the detail

3. www.ft.com › content › e2844ae9-dd66-45c3-a747-f84fWhat next for Britain’s broken railways? - Financial Times

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   Apr 4, 2024 · By the end of 2023, 40% of the distance travelled by rail was on nationalised trains. With the status of the railways in flux and suffering from long-running strikes, passengers have seen a sharp ...

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4. www.ft.com › content › c9d5290a-9cd7-4e2b-8df7-7be0dUK railways braced for biggest shake-up in decades

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   Railtrack, a private company that owned the network’s infrastructure, collapsed in 2001 and was replaced by Network Rail, while the centralised Strategic Rail Authority was abolished in 2006 ...

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5. www.timeout.com › uk › newsBritain’s Network Rail is building a new train route… in America

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   Feb 8, 2024 · Network Rail, the owner of most of Britain's railways, has won a contract to help develop a brand-new high-speed railway between LA and San Francisco. The new train will get passengers across the ...

6. www.gov.uk › government › statisticsRail factsheet: 2023 - GOV.UK

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   Jan 25, 2024 · Passenger rail journeys almost doubled (95.9% increase) in the 20 years before the pandemic, reaching a record 1.8 billion journeys in 2018 to 2019. Despite seeing a 39.9% increase on the previous ...

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   Are Britain's railways being taken over by foreign firms?

   • The sale of the C2C rail franchise – labelled by consumer groups as the best network into London – has once again sparked concerns that Britain's railways are being taken over by foreign, often state-owned, firms.

   Who owns the UK’s railways? Well, not British firms in many cases

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   What will the new Great British Railways entail?

   • The new Great British Railways will incorporate Network Rail, and is expected to be run by NR’s current chair Sir Peter Hendy. It will provide strategic direction for both infrastructure and how the railway operates. Train companies are also expecting it to play a role in awarding new management contracts.

   UK railways braced for biggest shake-up in decades - Financial Times

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   What percentage of Britain's railways are owned by foreign operators?

   • In fact, according to the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, 70 per cent of Britain's railways are now under foreign ownership to some degree. On the face of it, overseas operators do play a major part in running the UK's railways.

   Who owns the UK’s railways? Well, not British firms in many cases

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   How much did Britain's railways carry in 2016?

   • Britain's railways carried passenger volumes of 1.6bn in 2016, this compares with volumes of 735m in 1995, just as the privatisation of the UK's rail network began. Paterson highlights this was a fall from volumes of just over 1bn in 1948, when British Rail was first brought in to run the network. He said:

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8. www.independent.co.uk › topic › british-railBritish Rail - latest news, breaking stories and comment ...

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   The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.