# Lijst van Britse spoorwegmaatschappijen

Hieronder ziet u een lijst van Britse spoorwegmaatschappijen.

## Infrastructuurbeheerder

Network Rail (voorganger: Railtrack)

## Actieve spoorwegmaatschappijen (2005)
### Alfabetische volgorde

reizigersvervoer op basis van Britse spoorconcessies ('franchises')
* Arriva Trains Wales (Welsh: Trenau Arriva Cymru)
* c2c Rail Ltd
* London Midland (voormalig: Central Trains en Silverlink)
* Chiltern Railways
* East Midlands Trains (voormalig: Midland Mainline)
* First Capital Connect
* First Great Western
* First ScotRail
* Gatwick Express
* National Express East Coast (voormalig: Great North Eastern Railway (GNER)
* Merseyrail
* Northern Rail
* National Express East Anglia (voormalig: one Railway)
* Southern
* Southeastern
* South West Trains (voormalig: South West Trains en Island Lines)
* TransPennine Express
* Virgin Trains CrossCountry
* Virgin Trains West Coast
open-accessreizigersvervoer en reizigersvervoer dat om andere redenen buiten het concessiesysteem valt
* Eurostar
* Grand Central Trains (open access; vanaf december 2006)
* Hull Trains (open access)
* Heathrow Express (valt onder de verantwoordelijkheid van de British Airports Authority)
* Translink (Noord-Ierland)
goederenvervoer (open access)
* DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd (EWS)
* Freightliner
* Direct Rail Services (DRS)
* GB Railfreight
*1: Deze concessie wordt in 2007 opgeheven en verdeeld onder Silverlink, Chiltern, Virgin CrossCountry, Midland Mainline en Northern Rail. *2: Deze concessie wordt in 2007 opgeheven en vervangen door de nieuwe 'South Western'-concessie

### Naar eigenaar

reizigersvervoer
* Arriva
** Arriva Trains Wales
* BAA (British Airports Authority)
** Heathrow Express
* First Group
** First Capital Connect
** First Great Western
** First ScotRail
** Hull Trains
* First Group - Keolis
** TransPennine Express
* GoVia (65% Go-Ahead Group, 35% Keolis)
** Southern
** Southeastern
* M40 Trains (100% John Laing plc)
** Chiltern Railways
* National Express Group
** c2c
** Central Trains
** Gatwick Express
** Midland Mainline
** National Express East Anglia
** Silverlink
** Wessex Trains
* Serco-NedRailways
** Merseyrail
** Northern Rail
* Sea Containers
** Great North Eastern Railway (GNER)
* Stagecoach Group
** Island Line
** South West Trains
* Virgin Trains (51% Virgin Group, 49% Stagecoach Group)
** Virgin Trains CrossCountry
** Virgin Trains West Coast
* Onafhankelijk
** Eurostar
** Grand Central Trains
* Staatseigendom
** Translink (Noord-Ierland)
goederenvervoer
* British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
** Direct Rail Services (DRS)
* Canadian National Railway
** English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS)
* First Group
** GB Railfreight (GBRf)
* Onafhankelijk
** Freightliner

## Opgeheven spoorwegmaatschappijen (sinds 01-01-1948)

| Naam | Begin | Einde | Vervangen door |
| Great Western Railway (GWR) | 31-08-1835 | 31-12-1947 | British Railways |
| London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) | 01-01-1923 | 31-12-1947 | British Railways |
| London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) | 01-01-1923 | 31-12-1947 | British Railways |
| Southern Railway (SR) | 01-01-1923 | 31-12-1947 | British Railways |
| British Railways / British Rail (BR) | 01-01-1948 | 1994-1997 | meerdere spoorwegmaatschappijen (zie onder) |
| Merseyside Transport (Merseyrail Electrics) | ? | 1998 | Arriva Trains Merseyside |
| Connex South Central | 29-09-1996 | 26-08-2001 | South Central |
| Wales and West | 13-10-1996 | 14-10-2001 | gesplitst in de concessies 'Wales and Borders' en 'Wessex' (Wessex Trains) |
| Cardiff Railway Company (Valley Lines) | 28-05-1995 | 14-10-2001 | opgegaan in 'Wales and Borders' |
| Arriva Trains Merseyside | 1998 | 12-08-2003 | Merseyrail |
| Connex South Eastern | 23-07-1995 | 09-11-2003 | South Eastern Trains |
| Wales and Borders | 14-10-2001 | 07-12-2003 | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Anglia Railways | 05-01-1997 | 01-04-2004 | National Express East Anglia (voormalig One Railway) |
| Great Eastern Railway | 12-11-1995 | 01-04-2004 | National Express East Anglia (voormalig One Railway) |
| Thames Trains | 10-12-1995 | 01-04-2004 | First Great Western Link |
| ScotRail Railways | 10-12-1995 | 17-10-2004 | First ScotRail |
| Arriva Trains Northern | 10-12-1995 | 12-10-2004 | Northern Rail |
| First North Western | 12-11-1995 | 12-10-2004 | Northern Rail |
| Thameslink | 02-03-1997 | 01-04-2006 | First Capital Connect |
| Wagn | 01-04-2004 | 01-04-2006 | First Capital Connect |
| Wessex Trains | 14-10-2001 | 01-04-2006 | First Great Western (First Great Western Local) |
| First Great Western Link | 01-04-2004 | 01-04-2006 | First Great Western (First Great Western Link) |
| First Great Western | 04-02-1996 | 01-04-2006 | First Great Western (First Great Western Express) |
| South Eastern Trains | 09-11-2003 | 01-04-2006 | Southeastern |