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Contents
History
Nationalisation in 1948
Regions
1955 Modernisation Plan
The Beeching reports
Post-Beeching
Branding
Pre-1960s
1960s
Post-1960s
Finances
Investment
Privatisation
Accidents and incidents
Network
Preserved lines
Marine services
Ships
Sealink
Hovercraft
British Rail Engineering Limited
Mark 2 carriages
Advanced Passenger Train
InterCity 125
Successor companies
Future
Parodies
See also
History
Divisions, brands and liveries
Classification and numbering schemes
Rolling stock
Other
References
Further reading
External links

Content: On privatisation, responsibility for track, signalling and stations was transferred to Railtrack (which was later brought under public control as Network Rail) and that for trains to the train operating companies . The British Rail Double Arrow logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed "the arrow of indecision". It is now employed as a generic symbol on street signs in Great Britain denoting railway stations, and as part of the Rail Delivery Group 's (RDG) jointly managed National Rail brand is still printed on railway tickets. Contents
1 History
1.1 Nationalisation in 1948
1.1.1 Regions
1.2 1955 Modernisation Plan
1.3 The Beeching reports
1.4 Post-Beeching
2 Branding
2.1 Pre-1960s
2.2 1960s
2.3 Post-1960s
3 Finances
3.1 Investment
3.2 Privatisation
4 Accidents and incidents
5 Network
6 Preserved lines
7 Marine services
7.1 Ships
7.2 Sealink
7.3 Hovercraft
8 British Rail Engineering Limited
8.1 Mark 2 carriages
8.2 Advanced Passenger Train
8.3 InterCity 125
9 Successor companies
10 Future
11 Parodies
12 See also
12.1 History
12.2 Divisions, brands and liveries
12.3 Classification and numbering schemes
12.4 Rolling stock
12.5 Other
13 References
14 Further reading
15 External links
History
Main article: History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994
British Rail filmstrip showing how the railways were unified under BR. Nationalisation in 1948
BR steam locomotive: number 70013 Oliver Cromwell
The rail transport system in Great Britain developed during the 19th century. After the grouping of 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, there were four large railway companies, each dominating its own geographic area: the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the Southern Railway (SR). During World War I the railways were under state control, which continued until 1921.