National Rail

Passenger Train Operators

Arriva Trains Wales (AW)	C2C (CC)	Chiltern Railways (CR)	Cross Country (XC)

East Coast (GR)	East Midlands Trains (EM)	First Capital Connect (FC)	First Great Western (GW)

First Hull Trains (HT)	First Trans-Pennine Express (TP)	Gatwick Express (GX)	Grand Central Railway (GC)

Heathrow Express (HX)	Island Line Trains (IL)	London Midland (LM)	London Overground (LO)

Merseyrail (MR)	National Express East Anglia (LE)	Northern Rail (NT)	ScotRail (SR)

Southeastern (SE)	Southern (SN)	South West Trains (SW)	Stansted Express (SX)

Virgin Trains (VT)

Im britischen Schienenpersonenverkehr wird der Betrieb von Teilnetzen nach dem Franchise-Prinzip durch die - dem britischen Verkehrsministerium unterstellte - Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) zeitlich befristet vergeben.