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Title: Railway Reorganisations - mostly 1st January in various years. Post by: grahame on January 01, 2024, 06:37:34 1st January has been the day of organisational change on UK railways:
1st January 1923 - the grouping; almost all rail companies merged into the "Big Four" http://www.passenger.chat/25835 1st January 1948 - nationalisation with the big four becoming "British Railways" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Act_1947 The NOT 1st January - (more done 1st April 1994) - Privatisation - "British Rail was split into about 100 companies, almost all of which were sold to the private sector or closed down." - https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01157/SN01157.pdf Edit to add - All three acts also archived for members http://www.passenger.chat/mirror/HMG_Act_Reg1921.pdf http://www.passenger.chat/mirror/HMG_Act1947.pdf http://www.passenger.chat/mirror/HMG_Act001_1993.pdf This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |