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British Railways Board TOUs
British Railways Board
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British Railways Board TOUs nationalised BR profit centres
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start date 1994 end date 31 March 1997
owned by British Railways Board
legal title (various)
description After the Railways Act 1993 had been passed, the British Railways Board was instructed to create 25 train operating units or TOUs, each one being based on a profit centre within its three passenger businesses, which had been InterCity, Network SouthEast and Regional Railways.
These new entities were then offered to the private sector as future franchises, which started operating between February 1996 and March 1997.
The last franchise to take over from BR was ScotRail (31 March 1997), and from this date the British Railways Board ceased to be responsible for passenger services.
service area All British Railways Board routes (England, Scotland and Wales)
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