The British Railways Board (BRB) was a nationalised industry in the United Kingdom that existed from 1962 to 2001. From its foundation until 1997, it was responsible for most railway services in Great Britain, trading under the brand names British Railways and, from 1965, British Rail. It did not operate in Northern Ireland, where railways were the responsibility of the Government of Northern Ireland.
It was a statutory corporation, consisting of...
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The British Railways Board (BRB) was a nationalised industry in the United Kingdom that existed from 1962 to 2001. From its foundation until 1997, it was responsible for most railway services in Great Britain, trading under the brand names British Railways and, from 1965, British Rail. It did not operate in Northern Ireland, where railways were the responsibility of the Government of Northern Ireland.
It was a statutory corporation, consisting of a chairman and nine to fifteen other members, who were appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport.
The BRB was created on 1 January 1963 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.
The BRB initially, and for the majority of its history, operated under the structure inherited from the BTC Railway Executive. Operations were divided up into five regions - Eastern, London Midland, Western,...
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