What does BR stand for?

British Railways (company)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Let's call an end to this failed experiment and re-integrate -- whether into a state-run British Railways Board or a British Rail plc.

Now end all rail franchises

The music hit-maker and renowned train enthusiast will be investigating the impact across the West Midlands of Dr Beeching and his 1963 report The Re-Shaping of British Railways.

Pete's view on Beeching's axe

As big a piece of vandalism as then British Railways Board chairman Richard Beeching's 60s massacre of the "bloated" rail network.

Waste on post offices

More modern, in so far as it was built in 1953 for working on almost anywhere on the then British Railways network, 76079 is a Class 4MT weighing 69 tons.

Age of steam returns for celebration

As chairman of the British Railways Board, he oversaw the closure of 2,000 little - used stations and the ripping up of branch lines.

Use rural rail lines or we'll have to shut them

Both signs were in the tangerine livery of the North Eastern Region of British Railways and were removed from the station in the 1970s.

Rail signs sold at auction

He won his claim alleging that British Railways Board (BRB) were liable to pay damages in May 2001 at Liverpool High Court but has only now been awarded the amount.

Train fall man gets EUR500, 000

If approved, the plans would see 13 houses and 16 flats built on brownfield land at the former British Railways Board reservoir, covered over in 1976.

Not wild on homes plans