List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom
Franchised passenger operator structure in Great Britain

List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Franchised passenger operator structure in Great Britain
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Sector of British Rail	Franchise	Pre-grouping company	Original privatised operator	Current operator(s)

InterCity	InterCity East Coast	Great Northern Railway	Great North Eastern Railway	London North Eastern Railway (Department for Transport)

InterCity West Coast	London & North Western Railway	Virgin Trains West Coast	Virgin Trains West Coast

Great Eastern	Great Eastern Railway	Anglia Railways	Greater Anglia

Great Western	Great Western Railway	Great Western Trains	Great Western Railway

Midland	Midland Railway	Midland Mainline	East Midlands Trains

CrossCountry	N/A	Virgin CrossCountry	CrossCountry

Network SouthEast	Essex Thameside	London, Tilbury & Southend Railway	LTS Rail	c2c

Chiltern	Great Central Railway	Chiltern Railways	Chiltern Railways

Gatwick Express	N/A	Gatwick Express	Govia Thameslink Railway

Great Eastern	Great Eastern Railway	First Great Eastern	Greater Anglia TfL Rail

Thames	Great Western Railway	Thames Trains	Great Western Railway

Island Line	Isle of Wight Railway	Island Line Trains	South Western Railway

North London	North London Railway	Silverlink	Arriva Rail London West Midlands Trains

Network SouthEastern	South Eastern & Chatham Railway	Connex South Eastern	Southeastern

Network SouthCentral	London, Brighton & South Coast Railway	Connex South Central	Govia Thameslink Railway

South Western	London & South Western Railway	South West Trains	South Western Railway

Thameslink	N/A	Thameslink	Govia Thameslink Railway

West Anglia Great Northern	West Anglia Great Northern	Govia Thameslink Railway (services to King's Cross & Moorgate) Greater Anglia and London Overground (services to Liverpool Street)

Regional Railways	North West	Predominantly London & North Western Railway	North Western Trains	Transport for Wales Northern TransPennine Express

North East	Northern Spirit

Scotland	Caledonian Railway, Glasgow & South Western Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Highland Railway and North British Railway	ScotRail	Abellio ScotRail

South Wales & West	Cambrian Railways, Great Western Railway	Wales & West	Transport for Wales Great Western Railway

Valley Lines	Barry Railway, Cardiff Railway, Great Western Railway, Rhymney Railway, Taff Vale Railway	Valley Lines	Transport for Wales

Merseyrail Electrics	N/A	Merseyrail Electrics	Merseyrail

Central	Central Trains	CrossCountry East Midlands Trains West Midlands Trains

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The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company.

final_sentence: The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company.