British Rail

Summary

British Rail is a transit district^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of transit_district entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (686 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• British Rail is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• British Rail's image is recorded as Resting at King's Cross station - geograph.org.uk - 1427194.jpg^[4].
• British Rail's instance of is recorded as transit district^[5].
• British Rail's instance of is recorded as railway company^[6].
• British Rail's owned by is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom^[7].
• British Rail's logo image is recorded as British Rail - full colour logo.svg^[8].
• British Rail's followed by is recorded as Freightliner^[9].
• British Rail's followed by is recorded as DB Cargo UK^[10].
• British Rail's headquarters location is recorded as London^[11].
• British Rail's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 293165011^[12].
• British Rail's GND ID is recorded as 138062-X^[13].
• British Rail's GND ID is recorded as 5529246-X^[14].
• British Rail's Commons category is recorded as British Rail^[15].
• British Rail's industry is recorded as rail transport in the United Kingdom^[16].
• British Rail's chairperson is recorded as Bob Reid^[17].
• +1948-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Rail^[18].
• British Rail was dissolved in +1997-02-01T00:00:00Z^[19].
• British Rail's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dqc^[20].
• British Rail's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British Rail^[21].
• British Rail's product or material produced is recorded as rail transport^[22].
• British Rail's described by source is recorded as British Railroad Pension Fund Making Millions From Art^[23].
• British Rail's replaces is recorded as Big Four^[24].
• British Rail's replaces is recorded as Cheshire Lines Committee^[25].
• British Rail's replaces is recorded as Alloa Railway^[26].
• British Rail's replaces is recorded as West Cornwall Railway^[27].

Body

Founding

+1948-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Rail^[18].

Identity

Successors include Freightliner^[9] and DB Cargo UK^[10]. British Rail's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BR'}^[28].

Leadership

British Rail's chairperson is recorded as Bob Reid^[17].

Operations

British Rail's headquarters location is recorded as London^[11].

Industry

British Rail's industry is recorded as rail transport in the United Kingdom^[16].

Ownership

British Rail's owned by is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom^[7]. Its product or material produced is recorded as rail transport^[22].

Dissolution

British Rail was dissolved in +1997-02-01T00:00:00Z^[19].

Why It Matters

British Rail ranks in the top 2% of transit_district entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (686 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]