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Article: British Railways Board
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British Railways Board
Euston House
24 Eversholt Street
Post Office Box 100
London NWl lDZ
United Kingdom
(071) 928-5151
Fax: (071) 922
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6994
State-Owned Company
Incorporated:
1963 as British Railways Board
Employees:
136,200
Sale:
£
3.08 billion (US$5.76 billion)
British Railways Board administers British Rail (BR), which maintains a rail network of about 10,300 route miles, over which it operates passenger and freight train services. This comprises the entire rail network within the United Kingdom, apart from some urban transport systems
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the largest of which is London Underground
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and a number of small privately owned railways, many supported by preservation societies. ...