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	British Rail
		The British Railways Board was created in the early 1960s, taking over from the former British Transport Commission which, in addition to the railway was also responsible for the waterways (canals) and road freight transport.
		Between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s the size of the British rail network was reduced from around 20,000 miles to 12,000 miles as a result of the "Beeching Axe", the cost-cutting review conducted by BR Chairman Dr Richard Beeching.
		As a residuary body the Board is responsible for discharging a number of functions, including its obligations in respect of liabilities acquired as a major employer over nearly half a century and as a direct result of the privatisation process.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/br/British_Rail.html (305 words)

	British Railways Board -v- Herrington, House of Lords, 1972, lawindexpro
		Railway Executive [1952] A.C. The fact, that Parliament has not imposed a duty securely to fence children or others out, is a recognition that a compromise must be struck between the desire to save everyone from every danger and the cost to the community of doing so.
		British Transport Commission [1963] 2 Q.B. This, too, was a case of an infant trespassing on a railway and of a rescuer.
		The judgment of the Board was mainly directed to rejecting the proposition that there were circumstances in which a person entitled only to the status of "trespasser" might be owed by the occupier upon whose land he was trespassing the common duty of care laid down in Donoghue v.
	www.swarb.co.uk /c/hl/1972BRB_Herrington.html (19381 words)

	The National Archives \| NDAD \| British Railways Board
		The British Railways Board was established by the Transport Act 1962, as a successor to the British Transport Commission.
		As a residuary body the Board is responsible for discharging a variety of functions, including obligations in respect of liabilities acquired as a major employer over nearly half a century, and as a direct result of the privatisation process.
		Records of the British Railways Board are held at the National Archives in classes with the prefix "AN".
	www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk /AH/37/detail.html (1632 words)

	British Railways Board - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Railways Board (BRB) was the governing body of British Railways (later British Rail) from 1962 until privatisation in the 1990s.
		The BRB was created under the Transport Act 1962 by Harold Macmillan's Conservative government to inherit the railway responsibilities of the British Transport Commission, which was dissolved at the same time.
		At privatisation in the 1990s these were distributed to various other bodies: the films went to the British Film Institute in London, the photographs went to the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York, and most of the papers went to the Public Record Office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Railways_Board (234 words)

	Privatisation of British Rail - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
		"Railway Air Services Limited" was one of the forerunners of British Airways; the railways’ road transport services, which had carried freight, parcels and passengers' luggage to and from railheads, ultimately became part of the National Freight Corporation, but not until 1969.
		As far as the railways were concerned, the government's policy had little effect during the whole period of the Thatcher administration except in relatively small areas, as it was considered that privatising core railway operations would be too difficult.
		British Rail was to be broken up into over 100 separate companies, with all relationships between the successor companies controlled by legal contracts and supervised by the Office of the Rail Regulator and, in the case of the passenger railway, the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF).
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail (2510 words)

	British Railways - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
		British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the railway system from the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997.
		British Railways came into existence from 1 January 1948, under the control of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission (BTC).
		The British Railways Board (BRB) was created in 1962, taking over from the former British Transport Commission (BTC) which, in addition to the railway, was also responsible for the waterways (canals) and road freight transport.
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/British_Railways (1560 words)

	British Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Railways (BR), which later traded as British Rail, ran most of the British railway system from the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' British railway companies in 1948 until the privatisation of its railway services in stages between 1994 and 1997.
		British Railways Eastern Region timetable for Summer 1963.
		A small number of independent light railways and industrial railways, which did not contribute significant mileage to the system, were not included in British Railways; nor were the London Underground and the Glasgow Underground, which were already public concerns, the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and non-railway-owned tramways.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail (2658 words)

	NRM \| Press Office \| Media Press Pack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This fascinating account of the railways during their period of nationalisation focuses on the people who worked in the industry at the time, including celebrities who were railwaymen before they became famous.
		Sponsored by the British Railways Board (BRB), the exhibition was officially opened by BRB Chairman, Terence Jenner in 2002.
		Most of the remaining property rights and liabilities of the BRB are vested in British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strategic Rail Authority.
	www.nrm.org.uk /pressoffice/presspack/br.asp (1014 words)

	British Railway Nationalisation and Privatisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He initiated a survey of the British railways network designed to find out which parts were profitable, and published the findings in a report entitled "The Reshaping of British Railways" in 1963 - which gave an accurate description of the state of the network for the first time.
		A further group, including the railways and the post office, were deferred whilst problems arising out of the social service aspects of their businesses were addressed.
		The way in which railway privatisation was achieved was interesting, and whilst I don't fully agree with everything, I do have to admit that it provided about as good a combination of social service and private finance as could be achieved, whilst addressing numerous other concerns.
	www.unitedrail.org /pubs/british_railways.htm (2030 words)

	British Railways
		British Railways, or to use its more common name, British Rail, ceased to exist during the early 1990s.
		(The majority of British Rail flags were presumably made from one piece of fabric rather than right- reading both sides.) Since the convention in flag books is to have the staff on the left, this accounts for the flag being "back to front" but it is not wrong, as Roy Stilling suggests.
		As far as I am aware, the British Rail flag was the only instance where it was acceptable to mirror the BR symbol although, from time to time, on roadsigns etc., one sees instances of the BR symbol crudely being reversed where it should not be!
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb_brail.html (772 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 23 \| 1964: Beeching to leave British Railways
		The chairman of the British Railways Board is to part company with the organisation and return to his post at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).
		Dr Richard Beeching was appointed chairman of the newly formed British Railways Board in June 1961 by the Minister of Transport and during that time the system has seen a radical overhaul with many thousands of track being closed.
		Following the publication of his report "The Reshaping of British Railways" in 1963, more than 8,000 miles (12,875 km) of track and 2,000 stations were closed at a cost of nearly 70,000 jobs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_4019000/4019181.stm (472 words)

	Dr Beeching
		Richard Beeching was appointed as Chairman of the newly formed British Railways Board in June 1961 by the Minister of Transport.
		His report "The Reshaping of British Railways" was published in 1963 and gave an accurate description of the state of the network for the first time.
		Since 1953, the last year in which British Railways can be said to have paid their way, there has been a steady worsening of their financial position, with a deficient increasing each year at an average of about £15m.
	www.rodge.force9.co.uk /faq/beeching.html (3922 words)

	LIST OF CASES / Spence v. British Railways Board 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		British Railways Board [2001] ICR 232, EAT, (2000 Oct 16, Charles J., Mr.
		The applicant, a police sergeant serving in the British Transport Police, complained that he had been unfairly dismissed by the respondent board.
		This is because it is common ground and, indeed, necessarily follows from section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 that the applicant was a person who has the powers or privileges of a constable.
	www.emplaw.co.uk /load/4frame/data/2001232.htm (400 words)

	The British Railways Board (Vale of Rheidol) Light Railway (Amendment) Order 1989
		The Secretary of State for Transport on the application of the British Railways Board and of Vale of Rheidol Railway Limited and in exercise of powers conferred by sections 7, 9 to 11 and 24 of the Light Railways Act 1896
		As from the transfer date the Company shall, to the exclusion of the Board, be entitled to the benefit of, and to exercise, all rights, powers and privileges and be subject to all obligations of the Board whether statutory or otherwise for the time being in force in respect of the railways.
		(3) No part of the railways shall be used for the conveyance of passengers without the prior written permission of the Secretary of State and the Company shall comply with any conditions which the Secretary of State may from time to time prescribe for the safety of persons using the railways.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1989/Uksi_19890599_en_1.htm (1122 words)

	Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Under the 1993 Railways Act, the old British Rail was split up and sold off.
		The remaining functions of the British Railways Board are now discharged by BRB (Residuary) Ltd. The company is owned by the Government and reports to the Department for Transport.
		As a residuary body, the company is responsible for discharging a variety of functions, including obligations in respect of liabilities acquired by British Rail as a major employer over nearly half a century and as a direct result of the privatisation process.
	www.brb.gov.uk (100 words)

	Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais and British Railways Board v Commission of the European Communities. ...
		British Railways Board, a company governed by English law established in London, represented by Thomas Sharpe QC, of the Bar of England and Wales, instructed by Alexandre R.M. Nourry, Solicitor, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Jean Hoss, 15 Côte d'Eich,
		Since under the terms of the contract half the tunnel capacity is reserved for shuttle services and the other half for international passenger and freight trains, the applicants are in fact entitled to 100% of the hourly paths available for that latter category of transport.
		The decision states that `the reservation for BR and SNCF of all of the hourly paths available for international trains is not essential to them for the provision of their transport services and to contribute to the success of the project' (paragraph 102) and that it may, moreover, eliminate all competition (paragraph 103).
	www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/EUECJ/1996/T7995.html (5157 words)

	Change of payroll provider - British Railways Board Company news 26 January 2004
		BRB (Residuary) Ltd. inform me that only about 70 people in the two organisations are currently paid 4-weekly and the SRA has decided that it is uneconomical to continue to provide two payroll systems.
		BRB (Residuary) Ltd. advise me that Northgate will run the payroll on the last working day of each month, therefore on 30 April members will be paid for the month of April together with the period 28-31 (i.e.
		BRB have asked TSSA to enter into a collective agreement to change to a monthly payroll as a collective agreement avoids the company having to seek each individual’s consent to the change.
	www.tssa.org.uk /article-93.php3?id_article=1328 (475 words)

	British Transport Films - BTF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		British Transport Films was formed in May 1949 with Edgar Anstey as its first Producer in Charge.
		Two of the major railway companies maintained film units which were amalgamated into the new BTF, and carried on the work of the previously privately run units.
		As BTF was indirectly publicly funded through subsidies to the B.T.C. and B.R.B. from 1954, the unit has provided another service to the public in recording three diverse and interesting decades of British way of life and transport.
	www.britishtransportfilms.co.uk /home.html (778 words)

	Privatisation of British Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Rail was to be broken up into over 100 separate companies, with most relationships between the successor companies established by contracts, some through regulatory mechanisms (such as the industry-wide network code and the multi-bilateral star model performance regime).
		The Railways Bill became the Railways Act 1993 on 5 November 1993, and the organisational structure dictated by it came into effect on 1 April 1994.
		However, as of 2006, the subsidy the railway industry receives at a whole is 3 times greater than the subsidy that British Railways received in its last year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail (4914 words)

	Transport records deposited in 2000 Journal of Transport History, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Board of Trade: report on the loss of the emigrant ship Annie Jane and related papers, 1854 (DX/1903).
		British Railways Board: records relating to the Aylesbury-Buckingham Railway and the Wycombe Extension Railway, 1852-1911 (D/X 1542).
		British Railways Property Board: files relating to properties in Rutland, 1911-61 (DE 5879).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3884/is_200209/ai_n9085882 (640 words)

	Britsh Rail Board Railway Byelaws
		Any person offending against this Byelaw shall be liable to the Board for the amount of the damage done to any property of the Board, without prejudice to any penalty incurred by the contravention of this Byelaw.
		The Common Seal of the British Railways Board ~ was hereunto affixed in the presence of:-
		The reference to "the railway" is to be taken as including any relevant asset of any independent railway operator.
	www.rodge.force9.co.uk /faq/byelaws.html (2911 words)

	Wikinfo \| British Rail
		Historically, British Rail (BR) ran the British railway system, after the nationalization of the 'big four' British private railway companies:
		Under the Conservative Government's Railway Act, 1993, British Rail was split up and privatized into Railtrack and other companies.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=British_Rail (409 words)

	British Railways Board - Company news
		British Railways Board staff have transferred to BRB (Residuary) Ltd
		The results of the evaluation of the Railways Pensions Scheme (the RPS) in respect of the position of the fund at the end of 2002 have recently been made available.
		A meeting was held recently between the HQ Personnel Manager and TSSA to discuss developments regarding the downsizing of BRB (Residuary) Limited.
	www.tssa.org.uk /index-co.php3?id_article=50 (236 words)

	British Rail Filed Patent - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		Back in the distant days of nationalized railways, when they should have been concentrating on congestion at Crewe and uncurling their on-board sandwiches, the members of the British Railways Board were busy filing a patent for a spaceship.
		Deep in the archives of the European Patent Office, researchers have found evidence that in the early 1970s railway chiefs envisaged an era beyond slam doors and tilting trains — they registered a design for a nuclear-powered flying saucer.
		Had the application been filed on April 1 it would have been understandable, but it was lodged at the Patent Office, in London, by Jensen and Son on behalf of British Rail on Dec. 1, 1970, and the patent, numbered 1310990, was granted on March 21, 1973.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=64215 (521 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 86009671
		Commissioned by the British Railways Board and based on the Board's extensive archives, it breaks new ground in analysing fully the dynamics of nationalised industry management and, in particular, the complexities of the vital relationship with government.
		The special problems of the railway industry, unique in its complexity, are fully explored, and new calculations of profit and loss, investment, and productivity are provided on a consistent basis for 1948-73.
		This business history thus represents a major contribution not only to the debate about the role of the railways in a modem economy but also to that concerning the nationalised industries, which have proved to be one of the most enduring problems of the British economy since the War.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/cam032/86009671.html (225 words)

	Maps of British Railways in 1961 and 1969
		The actual title of this report was "The Reshaping of British Railways" and it was published for the British Railways Board by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, price £1 0s 0d.
		The railways were not and still are not 100% up to date when they publish their maps.
		If you want to research old railways or old maps generally in much more detail, try the GenMaps site, the Old-Maps site, the Vision of Britain Through Time site or the Old OS Maps site, or a new one, the New Popular Edition Maps site (which concentrates on OS maps from the 1940s).
	www.joyce.whitchurch.btinternet.co.uk /maps.htm (1376 words)

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