British Railways Board

nationalised industry in the United Kingdom that existed from 1962 to 2001
Organization statutory_corporation Q920016
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British Railways Board

Summary

British Railways Board is a statutory corporation[1]. It draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (statutory_corporation category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Railways Board received the MacRobert Award[3].
  • British Railways Board is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • British Railways Board's instance of is recorded as statutory corporation[5].
  • British Railways Board's instance of is recorded as railway company[6].
  • British Railways Board's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of the British Railways Board.svg[7].
  • British Railways Board's logo image is recorded as British Rail - full colour logo.svg[8].
  • British Railways Board's follows is recorded as British Transport Commission[9].
  • British Railways Board's headquarters location is recorded as London[10].
  • British Railways Board's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121560937[11].
  • British Railways Board's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129627189[12].
  • British Railways Board's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79065891[13].
  • British Railways Board's child organization or unit is recorded as Sealink[14].
  • British Railways Board's child organization or unit is recorded as Eastern Region of British Railways[15].
  • British Railways Board's child organization or unit is recorded as London Midland Region of British Railways[16].
  • British Railways Board's child organization or unit is recorded as North Eastern Region of British Railways[17].
  • British Railways Board's child organization or unit is recorded as Scottish Region of British Railways[18].
  • British Railways Board's child organization or unit is recorded as Southern Region of British Railways[19].
  • British Railways Board's child organization or unit is recorded as Western Region of British Railways[20].
  • British Railways Board's industry is recorded as rail transport[21].
  • +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Railways Board[22].
  • British Railways Board was dissolved in +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z[23].
  • British Railways Board's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q5rq[24].
  • British Railways Board's replaces is recorded as British Transport Commission[25].
  • British Railways Board's Grace's Guide ID is recorded as British_Railways_Board[26].
  • British Railways Board's SHARE Catalogue author ID is recorded as 127369[27].

Body

Founding

+1963-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Railways Board[22].

Identity

British Railways Board's follows is recorded as British Transport Commission[9].

Operations

British Railways Board's headquarters location is recorded as London[10]. Subsidiaries include Sealink[14], a transport company[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1970[30], headquartered in Hoek van Holland[31]; Eastern Region of British Railways[15], an organization[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1948[34]; London Midland Region of British Railways[16], an organization[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1948[37]; North Eastern Region of British Railways[17], an organization[38], founded in 1948[39]; Scottish Region of British Railways[18], an organization[40], in United Kingdom[41], founded in 1948[42]; and Southern Region of British Railways[19], an organization[43], in United Kingdom[44], founded in 1948[45].

Industry

British Railways Board's industry is recorded as rail transport[21].

Recognition

British Railways Board received the MacRobert Award[3].

Dissolution

British Railways Board was dissolved in +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z[23].

Why It Matters

British Railways Board draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (statutory_corporation category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

FAQs

What awards did British Railways Board receive?

Honors received include MacRobert Award[3].

References

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  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  17. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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