Industry | Rail |
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Founded | October 1996 |
Defunct | August 2003 |
Fate | Purchased by FirstGroup |
Headquarters | London , United Kingdom |
Key people | Michael Schabas Jeremy Long Jim Morgan Max Steinkopf |
Services | Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
Subsidiaries | Anglia Railways Hull Trains (80%) GB Railfreight |
Website | www.gbrailways.com |
GB Railways[1] was the parent company of a number of train operating companies, running the Anglia Railways franchise from January 1997 and launching Hull Trains and GB Railfreight.[2] GB Railways was also involved in the management of the Estonian rail company Edelaraudtee and had an investment in Great Southern Rail in Australia.
The company was acquired by FirstGroup in August 2003.