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Great British Rail and Heritage lines.

Discussion in 'Everything Else Heritage' started by NWRail, Sep 18, 2025.

  1. NWRail

    NWRail New Member

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    Been reading a wiki article about GBR taking over from Dft Operator and some of the roles of ORR being transferred to GBR.

    I wonder how this would affect Heritage Railways in practice ?

    Wiki article here:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_British_Railways

    *Been commuting to London on C2C this week and I've just found out that it's been taken over by Dft Operator in July 2025
     
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  2. 35B

    35B Nat Pres stalwart

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    There should be no direct effect; GBR is taking on Network Rail and the passenger operators, but no further.
     
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    Miff Part of the furniture Friend

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    GBR will be taking some functions (e.g. licensing open-access operators) away from ORR but not, as far as I’m aware, safety regulation.
     
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