In 2010, there were 1. 33 billion journeys on the National Rail network, making the British network the fifth most used in the world ( Great Britain ranks 23rd in world population ).

From the start of 1948, the " big four " were nationalised to form British Railways ( latterly " British Rail ") under the control of the British Transport Commission.

A East Midlands Trains British Rail Class 222 | Class 222 Meridian on a London to Nottingham service.

A CrossCountry British Rail Class 170 | Class 170 numbered 170113 with a service from London Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street railway station | Birmingham New Street First Capital Connect British Rail Class 365 | Class 365 ' networker ' numbered 365538 at Cambridge railway station | Cambridge Rail Station

British Railways ( BR ), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

It was formed from the nationalisation of the " Big Four " British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997.

The British Rail " double arrow " logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed " the arrow of indecision ".< ref >

The British Rail Mark 2 coach, however, carried the B4 bogies from new.

The BT10 bogie was introduced on the British Rail Mark 3 coach in the 1970s.

A First ScotRail operated British Rail Class 318 | Class 318 departing Gourock railway station | Gourock.

From Elmers End to Woodside route 1 and route 4 ( and route 2 from Arena ) follow the former British Rail branch line to Addiscombe, then diverge to reach Addiscombe tram stop, which is 500 metres west of the now-demolished Addiscombe railway station.

The section of Route 3 between Wimbledon and West Croydon follows the old single-track British Rail route for the most part, which was closed on 31 May 1997 so that it could be converted for Tramlink.

* Cyclops, a nickname for the British Rail Class 67 Locomotive

The situation was greatly complicated by the large number of landowners involved: the PLA, the Greater London Council ( GLC ), the British Gas Corporation, five borough councils, British Rail and the Central Electricity Generating Board.

* Virgin Trains British Rail Class 221 unit 221129 is named in his honour.

* Class ( TV series ), a British television programme, which airs on CBBC

The British built a series of destroyers ( the A Class to I Class ) which were about 1, 400 tons standard displacement, had four guns and eight torpedo tubes ; the American Benson class of 1938 similar in size, but carried five guns and ten torpedo tubes.

He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class ( 1963 ).

The trial ran on 19 October 2010 with a Class 406 ICE train specially liveried with a British " Union flag " decal.

The British Working Class in Postwar Film.

An early design of electric locomotive showing the steeplecab arrangement: North Eastern Railway ( UK ) | North Eastern Railway British Rail Class ES1 | No. 1, England from 1905

Also, National Express East Anglia named a British Rail Class 153 ( unit number 153335 ) after him.

The British also decided to form what were known as " Class Battalions " based on ethnicity.

* Phantom, a preserved British Rail Class 08 locomotive

* British Rail Class 52 or Westerns, a class of locomotives

In February 1917, the British General Staff released a training pamphlet titled SS 143 Instructions for the Training of Platoons for Offensive Action, espousing the return to the pre-war emphasis on fire and movement tactics and the use of the platoon as a self-contained tactical unit.

A matinee idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, which ran for 143 episodes from 1955 to 1960.

Wales & West inherited a fleet of Class 143, Class 153 and Class 158s from British Rail.

For the light cruisers no numbers were specified but tonnage limits were 143, 500 tons for the US, 192, 200 tons for the British and 100, 450 tons for the Japanese.

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a popular British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes.

Pacer is the operational name of the British Rail Classes 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses, built between 1984 and 1987.

In 2011, a Pacer Preservation Society was set up with the aim of preserving at least one example or two of the British Rail Class 142, 143 and 144 railbuses each

Between 1838 and 1917, at least " 238, 909 Indians were introduced into British Guiana, 143, 939 into Trinidad, 42, 326 into Guadeloupe, 37, 027 into Jamaica, 34, 304 into Suriname, 25, 209 into Martinique, 8, 472 into French Guiana, 4, 354 into Saint Lucia, 3, 206 into Grenada, 2, 472 into Saint Vincent, 337 into Saint Kitts, 326 into Saint Croix, and 315 into Nevis.

* March 23-24 ( overnight ) – 143 British bombers attack the railway yards at Laon, France, placing about half their bombs on the target and cutting rail lines but scattering the rest, hitting 83 houses and killing seven and injuring nine French civilians.

Two British Rail Class 143 Diesel Multiple Unit | DMUs at Cardiff Queen Street station in the United Kingdom.

* Burgoine, E. & Wing, L. ( 1983 ), " Identical triplets with Asperger's Syndrome ", British Journal of Psychiatry, 143, pp. 261-265.

These tactics emerged gradually during the later years of World War I, used in various forms by the Russian general Aleksei Brusilov in Brusilov Offensive of 1916, by the British Third Army at the Battle of Arras in April 1917, following the reorganisation of British infantry platoons according to the new Manual SS 143, in the new year and by the Germany military in the Siege of Riga in September 1917 and the Battle of Caporetto in October 1917.

In February 1917, the British Army issued Manual SS 143, which prescribed infiltration tactics.

The British Army standard training manual for platoon tactics, SS 143, was used from February 1917 onwards and contained much of what was standard for German shock troops.

Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, 1 SCR 143 is the first Supreme Court of Canada case to deal with section 15 ( equality rights ) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Between the oak trees, next to this mass grave, are another 10, 143 soldiers ( including 2 British soldiers killed in 1918 ).

* Vickers Type 143 was a British single seat fighter biplane in 1929

* Bristol Type 143 was a British twin-engined monoplane aircraft of the Bristol Aeroplane Company

* The Great British Films, pp 142 – 143, Jerry Vermilye, 1978, Citadel Press, ISBN 0-8065-0661-X