| LC control no. | n 80085271 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | British Railways |
| Variant(s) | British Transport Commission. British Railways |
| See also | Hierarchical superior: British Transport Commission Mergee: Great Western Railway (Great Britain) Mergee: Kent & East Sussex Railway Mergee: London and North Eastern Railway Mergee: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company Mergee: South Yorkshire Joint Railway Mergee: Southern Railway (Great Britain) Mergee: Cheshire Lines Committee Successor: British Rail (Firm) |
| Biography/History note | British Railways formed by nationalisation of the Big Four: Great Western Railway (GWR), London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), Southern Railway (SR); named adopted Jan. 1, 1948. The name British Rail was adopted in 1964. |
| Beginning date | 1948-01-01 |
| Ending date | 1964 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Found in | Its Your British Railways, 1951. Its Southern. Southern, as at 7 May 1973, 1973: map verso (British Rail) BLAISE, 7-86 (British Railways; later name=British Rail) Bonavia, M. R. British Rail, the first 25 yrs., c1981: pref. (British Railways; British Rail) p. 135 (abbreviated form "British Rail" standardised, 1965) Mitchell, V. Branch line to Tenterden, 1985: p. 5 (Kent & East Sussex Railway became part of British Railways in 1948) The South Yorkshire Joint Railway and the coalfield, 2002: p.79 (on 1 Jan. 1923, the LNER and the LMS took over running the line [until nationalisation in 1948]) British Rail, the first 25 yrs., c1981: pref. (British Railways; British Rail) p.135 (abbreviated form "British Rail" standardised, 1965) British Railways, 1948-73, 1986: page 343 (new name style, 'British Rail', adopted in 1964) British Railways Board, Annual report and accounts, 1964 (uses British Railways) British Railways Board, Annual report and accounts, 1965 (uses British Rail; BR) Wikipedia, Apr. 16, 2015 (British Railways formed by nationalization fo the Big Four: Great Western Railway (GWR), London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), Southern Railway (SR), named adopted Jan. 1, 1948) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_(British_railway_companies)> The Cheshire Lines Committee ambulance movement, 2017: p.5 (in 1948, Cheshire Lines Committee became part of British Railways) North Wales, 1950: t.p. (British Railways) back cover (Railway Executive) Wikipedia, viewed 15 May 2019 (the British Transport Commission's Railway Executive traded as British Railways) |
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