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5 days ago · In May 2021, the Department published its white paper on rail reform, setting out how the government intended to transform the way the rail system works. It included setting up a new organisation, Great British Railways (GBR), to act as the ‘guiding mind’ for the railways with responsibility for the whole rail system.
4 days ago · Rail. Michael Benson. An overview of the Government's and opposition's plans for reforming the railway in Great Britain. Documents to download. The future of rail (651 KB , PDF) Download full report. In February 2024, the Government published a draft Rail Reform Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny.
4 days ago · It built a National Health Service and ran 'nationalized' industries such as British Rail or British Steel. The mines were publicly owned and run by a National Coal Board. From the early 1960s this post-imperial nation, initially concerned to protect its interests in the world via a large and powerful military, complete with state-of-the-art ...
4 days ago · The company began operating in February 1996 as Great Western Trains, as part of the privatisation of British Rail. In December 1998, it became First Great Western after FirstGroup bought out its partners' shares in Great Western Holdings .
2 days ago · British Rail: Diesel 70 110 1 1 142: Pacer: 75 120 1 2 Lumo: 803: AT300: AC electric 125 200 5 5 Merseyrail: 507: British Rail PEP: DC electric 75 120 11 3 777/0: METRO 46 4 Third rail mode only 777/1: 7 Third rail mode - full top speed, battery mode - 62 mph / 100 km/h Network Rail: 153: Sprinter: Diesel 75 120 4 1 Track inspection: 950: 1 2
2 days ago · Under British Rail in the 1960s, the decision was made to de-electrify the Tyneside Electrics network and convert it to diesel operation, owing to falling passenger numbers and the cost of
3 days ago · The Great Western Railway had gradually come to dominate Cornwall’s railway network but during the final decade of the 19th century the ‘Battle of the Gauges’ was won by the standard gauge. This led to all the broad-gauge lines being converted to standard-gauge with the last trains to be run on broad-gauge running on 20th May 1892.
