# British Rail

> British state-owned rail transport operator (1948–1997)

**Wikidata**: [Q605169](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605169)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/british-rail


## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. [Sir Bob Reid, visionary British Rail chief whose success could not stave off privatisation. The Daily Telegraph. 2025](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/05/30/sir-bob-reid-british-rail-chairman-shell-privatisation/)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. [Source](https://apnews.com/article/b045d4d6b66c0d4a155d2b9e41fe6aac)
5. Quora
6. Atlas