| British Rail Hovercraft Ltd may have been named BR Hovercraft Ltd |
24 October 1981 |
Hoverspeed UK Ltd (BR retained 50% stake, selling it on 27 July 1984) |
| Superbreak Mini Holidays Ltd |
14 February 1983 |
Dundon Ltd (MBO) |
| Slateford Laundry, Edinburgh |
19 September 1983 |
St. George's Group Plc |
| Sealink (UK) Ltd |
18 July 1984 |
British Ferries Ltd |
| British Transport Advertising Ltd originally jointly owned with National Bus Company |
28 August 1987 |
British Transport Advertising Ltd (MBO) |
| Doncaster Wagon Works Ltd |
16 October 1987 |
RFS Industries Ltd |
| Horwich Foundry Ltd |
15 August 1988 |
Parkfield Group |
| Travellers Fare Ltd |
19 December 1988 |
Evenmen (MBO) |
| Vale of Rheidol Railway |
31 March 1989 |
officials associated with The Brecon Mountain Railway Company Ltd |
| British Rail Engineering Ltd |
18 April 1989 |
British Rail Engineering (1988) Ltd (MBO/Asea Brown Boveri/Trafalgar House) previously set up as a separate legal entity 31 October 1969 |
| Gold Star Holidays (formerly Golden Rail) |
9 May 1989 |
Superbreak Mini Holidays Ltd |
| Transmark Ltd |
7 April 1993 |
Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd |
| Meldon Quarry Ltd |
4 March 1994 |
ECC Construction Materials Ltd |
| Railtrack plc |
1 April 1994 |
assets transferred to separate government company; floated 20 May 1996 |
| European Passenger Services Ltd |
9 May 1994 |
shares transferred to Secretary of State for Transport; sold to London & Continental Railways 31 May 1996 |
| Special Trains Unit assets only |
31 March 1995 |
Waterman Railways |
| Swindon Electronic Service Centre Ltd |
31 March 1995 |
ABB Customer Support Services Ltd |
| Union Railways |
1 April 1995 |
shares transferred to Secretary of State for Transport; sold to London & Continental Railways 31 May 1996 |
| Chart Leacon Rail Maintenance Ltd |
5 June 1995 |
ABB Customer Support Services Ltd |
| Doncaster Rail Maintenance Ltd |
5 June 1995 |
ABB Customer Support Services Ltd |
| Ilford Rail Maintenance Ltd |
5 June 1995 |
ABB Customer Support Services Ltd |
| Glasgow Rail Maintenance Ltd |
6 June 1995 |
Railcare Ltd (Babcock International Group plc/Siemens plc joint venture) |
| Wolverton Rail Maintenance Ltd |
6 June 1995 |
Railcare Ltd (Babcock International Group plc/Siemens plc joint venture) |
| Eastleigh Rail Maintenance Ltd |
7 June 1995 |
Wessex Traincare Ltd (MEBO) |
| Baileyfield Switch & Crossing Works |
7 July 1995 |
VAE-Baileyfield Ltd (MBO joint venture) |
| DCU Birmingham Ltd |
25 July 1995 |
Owen Williams Railways Ltd (Owen Williams Consulting Engineers subsidiary) |
| IDG Glasgow Ltd |
18 August 1995 |
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (SWK Holdings subsidiary) |
| Mainline Swindon Ltd |
18 August 1995 |
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (SWK Holdings subsidiary) |
| Ditton Timber Treatment Works |
1 September 1995 |
PTG Holdings (Phoenix Timber Group plc subsidiary) |
| Red Star Parcels Ltd |
5 September 1995 |
Rald Ltd (MBO) |
| Civil Engineering Design Group, York Ltd |
15 September 1995 |
British Steel plc |
| BPE Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Consultancy Ltd |
15 September 1995 |
James Scott BPE (AMEC Group plc subsidiary) |
| OBS Services Ltd |
3 October 1995 |
European Rail Catering Company Ltd (MBO) |
| Sparesco |
9 October 1995 |
assets transferred jointly to ROSCOs (Angel Train Contracts Ltd, Eversholt Leasing Ltd and Porterbrook Leasing Co Ltd) |
| Quality & Safety Services Ltd |
10 November 1995 |
Ingleby (805) Ltd (MEBO) |
| Railways Occupational Health Ltd may have been named Occupational Health Care (Railways) Ltd |
30 November 1995 |
Occupational Health Care plc |
| Signalling Control (UK) Ltd |
1 December 1995 |
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings Ltd |
| Rail express systems Ltd |
9 December 1995 |
North and South Railways Ltd |
| British Rail Telecommunications plc |
12 December 1995 |
Racal Electronics plc |
| CEDAC London Ltd |
15 December 1995 |
WS Atkins Ltd |
| Powertrack Engineering Co Ltd |
15 December 1995 |
WS Atkins Ltd |
| Interlogic Control Engineering Ltd |
4 January 1996 |
ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (Signal) Ltd |
| Porterbrook Leasing Co Ltd |
8 January 1996 |
Porterbrook Leasing Co Ltd (MBO backed by Charterhouse Development Capital) |
| Angel Train Contracts Ltd |
17 January 1996 |
GRS Holdings (including Prideaux and Associates, Babcock and Brown, and Nomura International) |
| Eversholt Leasing Ltd |
2 February 1996 |
Eversholt Holdings, a consortium led by Candover Partners Ltd together with the management team, and including Electra Fleming Ltd and the Royal Bank of Scotland |
| Great Western Trains Company Ltd |
4 February 1996 |
Great Western Holdings, a consortium led by MBO together with 3i and First Group |
| South West Trains Ltd |
4 February 1996 |
South West Trains Ltd (Stagecoach) |
| Scotland Track Renewals Co Ltd |
8 February 1996 |
Relayfast Ltd (MBO funded by Hambro European Ventures Ltd) |
| Scotland Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd |
14 February 1996 |
TrackAction Ltd (MEBO) |
| Loadhaul Ltd |
24 February 1996 |
North and South Railways Ltd |
| Mainline Freight Ltd |
24 February 1996 |
North and South Railways Ltd |
| Transrail Freight Ltd |
24 February 1996 |
North and South Railways Ltd |
| Central Track Renewals Co Ltd |
29 February 1996 |
Tarmac Construction Ltd |
| Raildata Ltd |
3 March 1996 |
asset transfer to Rail Safety And Standards Board Ltd (BR not shareholder from 31 March 1999 accounts) |
| Castleton (Long welded Rail and Track) Works |
14 March 1996 |
British Steel plc |
| Eastern Track Renewals Co Ltd |
15 March 1996 |
Fastline Rail Services Ltd (MEBO) |
| The engineering link Ltd |
18 March 1996 |
The engineering link Ltd (MBO) |
| Interfleet Technology Ltd |
22 March 1996 |
Broomco (909) Ltd (MBO) |
| Western Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd |
25 March 1996 |
Amey Railways Ltd |
| College of Railway Technology Ltd |
29 March 1996 |
Advicepart Ltd (MBO) |
| Network Train Engineering Services Ltd |
1 April 1996 |
WS Atkins (Consultants) Ltd |
| Eastern Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd |
2 April 1996 |
Balfour Beatty Ltd |
| South East Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd |
2 April 1996 |
Broomco (919) Ltd (MBO/Balfour Beatty joint venture) |
| Southern Track Renewals Co Ltd |
2 April 1996 |
Balfour Beatty Ltd |
| South West Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd |
18 April 1996 |
AMEC plc |
| Central Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd |
19 April 1996 |
GT Railway Maintenance (GEC Alsthom Ltd/Tarmac Construction Ltd joint venture) |
| Midland Main Line Ltd |
28 April 1996 |
Midland Main Line Ltd (National Express) |
| Gatwick Express Ltd |
28 April 1996 |
Gatwick Express Ltd (National Express) |
| Intercity East Coast Ltd |
28 April 1996 |
Intercity East Coast Ltd (Sea Containers) |
| Northern Track Renewals Co Ltd |
23 May 1996 |
Fastline Group Ltd |
| Freightliner (1995) Ltd |
25 May 1996 |
MCB Ltd (MBO backed by 3i/Electron Private Equity) |
| LTS Rail Ltd |
26 May 1996 |
LTS Rail Ltd (Prism Rail) |
| Network Southcentral Ltd |
26 May 1996 |
Network Southcentral Ltd (Connex) |
| St Pancras station; land/buildings at Kings Cross/Stratford |
31 May 1996 |
assets transferred to Union Railways |
| Northern Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd |
18 June 1996 |
Jarvis plc |
| BR Projects Ltd |
26 June 1996 |
Addspice Ltd (MBO) |
| Heathrow Express |
19 July 1996 |
BRB 30% share sold to BAA |
| The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd |
21 July 1996 |
The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd (M40 Trains) |
| Western Track Renewals Co Ltd |
23 July 1996 |
Relayfast Ltd |
| Cardiff Railway Company Ltd |
13 October 1996 |
Cardiff Railway Company Ltd (Prism Rail) |
| Island Line Ltd |
13 October 1996 |
Island Line Ltd (Stagecoach) |
| South Eastern Trains Ltd |
13 October 1996 |
Connex South Eastern Ltd |
| South Wales & West Railway Ltd |
13 October 1996 |
South Wales & West Railway Ltd (Prism Rail) |
| Thames Trains Ltd |
13 October 1996 |
Thames Trains Ltd (Victory Railway Holdings) |
| Scientifics Ltd |
9 December 1996 |
Atesta Group Ltd |
| BR Research Ltd |
19 December 1996 |
AEA Technology plc |
| Nationwide Fire Services |
6 January 1997 |
Serco Ltd |
| Anglia Railways Train Services Ltd |
5 January 1997 |
Anglia Railways Train Services Ltd (GB Railways) |
| Great Eastern Railway Ltd |
5 January 1997 |
Great Eastern Railway Ltd (First Group) |
| CrossCountry Trains Ltd |
5 January 1997 |
CrossCountry Trains Ltd (Virgin Rail Group) |
| West Anglia Great Northern Railway Ltd |
5 January 1997 |
West Anglia Great Northern Railway Ltd (Prism Rail) |
| Merseyrail Electrics Ltd |
19 January 1997 |
Merseyrail Electrics Ltd (MTL Trust Holdings) |
| National Railway Supplies Ltd |
31 January 1997 |
Gresty Supplies Ltd (MBO/Unipart (49%)) |
| BR Business Systems |
31 January 1997 |
Sema Group UK Ltd |
| Rail Occupational Research Ltd |
4 February 1997 |
BR Projects Ltd (associate company of General Practice Investment Corporation Ltd) |
| Railtest Ltd |
14 February 1997 |
Serco Ltd |
| Opal Engineering Ltd |
14 February 1997 |
WS Atkins Rail plc |
| Thameslink Rail Ltd |
2 March 1997 |
Thameslink Rail Ltd (Govia) |
| Central Trains Ltd |
2 March 1997 |
Central Trains Ltd (National Express) |
| North London Railways Ltd |
2 March 1997 |
North London Railways Ltd (National Express) |
| North West Regional Railways Ltd |
2 March 1997 |
North West Regional Railways Ltd (Great Western Holdings) |
| Regional Railways North East Ltd |
2 March 1997 |
Regional Railways North East Ltd (MTL Trust Holdings) |
| Railpart (UK) Ltd |
6 March 1997 |
Unipart Rail Holdings Ltd |
| West Coast Trains Ltd |
9 March 1997 |
West Coast Trains Ltd (Virgin Rail Group) |
| BR International Ltd |
24 March 1997 |
Grand Lignes International |
| ScotRail Railways Ltd |
31 March 1997 |
ScotRail Railways Ltd (National Express) |
| Rail Direct [London] |
1 April 1997 |
unknown |
| Rail Direct [Scotland] |
7 June 1997 |
unknown |
| Rail Direct [Northern] |
7 June 1997 |
unknown |
| Railfreight Distribution Ltd |
22 November 1997 |
English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd |
