What is British Rail?
{{Infobox company | name = British Railways<br />British Rail | type = [[State-owned enterprise|State-owned]] ([[trade name]] of a [[Division (business)|division]] 1948–1963, [[statutory corporation]] 1963–1997) | logo = British Rail - full colour logo.svg | logo_size = | location_city = [[London]] | location_country = England | industry = [[Railway transport]], [[logistics]], [[shipping]], and [[British Rail Engineering Limited|manufacturing of rolling stock]] | owner = [[Government of the United Kingdom]] | parent = {{ubli|indent=1em|1948–1962:|[[British Transport Commission]]|1962–1997:|[[British Railways Board]]}} | products = [[Rail transport]], [[cargo]] [[transport]], [[Service sector|services]] | revenue = | foundation = {{start date|1948|1|1|df=yes}} | defunct = {{end date|1997|11|20|df=y}} | area_served = Great Britain | predecessor = {{ubli|ident=1em|[[Great Western Railway]]|[[London, Midland & Scottish Railway]]|[[London & North Eastern Railway]]|[[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]}} | net_income = | operating_income = | num_employees = | key_people = [[Alastair Morton]]<br /><small>(Final Chairman of the [[British Railways Board]])</small> | divisions = {{ubli|indent=1em|From 1948:|[[Eastern Region of British Railways|Eastern Region]]|[[London Midland Region of British Railways|London Midland Region]]|[[North Eastern Region of British Railways|North Eastern Region]]|[[Scottish Region of British Railways|Scottish Region]]|[[Southern Region of British Railways|Southern Region]]|[[Western Region of British Railways|Western Region]]|[[British Rail Research Division]]|[[Collection & Delivery]]|[[Freightliner Group|Freightliner]]|[[Motorail (British Rail)|Motorail]]|[[Night Star Parcels]]|[[Speedlink]]|[[Rail Express Parcels]]|[[Red Star Parcels]]|From 1982:|[[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity]]|[[Network SouthEast]]|[[Railfreight]]|[[Railfreight Distribution]]|[[Rail Express Systems]]|[[Regional Railways]]|[[Trainload Freight]]}} | subsid = {{ubli|indent=1em|[[British Rail Engineering L