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British Railways
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British Rail
British Railways
(
BR
), which from 1965 traded as
British Rail
, was the operator of most of the
rail transport in Great Britain
between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the
nationalisation
of the
"Big Four" British railway companies
and lasted until the gradual
privatisation of British Rail
, in stages between 1994 and 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the
British Transport Commission
, it became an independent
statutory corporation
in 1962: the
British Railways Board
.
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