livery for Manchester-based sets. After privatisation, many vehicles continued to carry the basic RR colour scheme but with the addition of different branding, e.g. Central Trains. The final British railway vehicle to carry Regional Railways livery was a Class 153, which was repainted in July 2008 into East Midlands Trains livery. Split for privatisation As part of the process of privatisation between 1994 and 1997, Regional Railways was split into several different shadow train operating units, which later became independent train operating companies: References Further reading External links Regional Railways Identity Management – internal branding manual, 1992 British Rail brands British Rail passenger services