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
- BAA (British Airports Authority)
- First Group
- First Capital Connect
- First Great Western
- First ScotRail
- Hull Trains
- First Group - Keolis
- GoVia (65% Go-Ahead Group, 35% Keolis)
- M40 Trains (100% John Laing plc)
- National Express Group
- Serco-NedRailways
- 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
- Staatseigendom
- Translink (Noord-Ierland)
goederenvervoer
- British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
- Direct Rail Services (DRS)
- Canadian National Railway
- First Group
- GB Railfreight (GBRf)
- Onafhankelijk
Opgeheven spoorwegmaatschappijen (sinds 01-01-1948)
Naam | Begin | Einde | Vervangen door |
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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 |