Regional Railways

Regional Railways was one of the three passenger sectors of British Rail. It was created in 1982. It finished operation in 1996, two years after privatisation. The sector was originally called Provincial.

The split-up for privatisation

Before privatisation, the Regional Railways sector was split into several different franchises ready for privatisation.
Anglia Railways, later National Express East Anglia
Central Trains and Central Citylink, later London Midland, East Midlands Trains and CrossCountry
Merseyrail Electrics, later Merseyrail
North West Regional Railways, later North Western Trains, later First North Western Now part of Northern Rail
Regional Railways Northeast, later Northern Spirit, later Arriva Trains Northern  Split into Northern Rail and **TransPennine Express
ScotRail, later First ScotRail
Wales and West Later split into
Wales and Borders, now part of Transport for Wales
Wessex Trains, now part of First Great Western



Category:British Rail