The Railways Act 1993 is the legislation introduced by John Major's Conservative government and passed in circumstances of high drama on 5 November 1993. This is a list of Acts of the Scottish Parliament. ... This is a list of Acts passed by the Parliament of Northern Ireland. ... This is a list of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly passed by that body during its existence between 2000 and 2002 when it was suspended. ... This is a list of Measures of the National Assembly for Wales. ... The is a list of Orders in Council for Northern Ireland which are primary legislation for the province when the it is being directly ruled from London and also for those powers not devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Statutory Instruments (SIs) are parts of United Kingdom law separate from Acts of Parliament which do not require full Parliamentary approval before becoming law. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a former British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

The legislation provided for the restructuring of the British Railways Board, the monolithic vertically integrated public corporation which owned and operated the national railway system. The British Railways Board (BRB) was the governing body of British Railways (later British Rail) from 1962 until privatisation in the 1990s. ...

The legislation enabled the Secretary of State for Transport to transfer the separated parts of the railway to the private sector. Using these powers, he franchised passenger rail services to various private companies including Virgin, Connex and the coach companies Stagecoach and National Express, and floated the national railway track and signalling company Railtrack on the London stock exchange in 1996. He also sold British Rail's track maintenance and renewal operations to private companies, with contracts to provide these infrastructure services to Railtrack. And he sold the three companies which together owned the national passenger rail rolling stock fleet - the rolling stock leasing companies or ROSCOs - to management buyout teams. The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Connex may refer to: a brand name used by Veolia Transport a ficticious energy company in the film Syriana an earlier name of Vodafone Romania a private operator of the suburban railway system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Connex Melbourne Category: ... Stagecoach in Switzerland A stagecoach is a type of four-wheeled enclosed passenger and/or mail coach, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, widely used before the introduction of railway transport. ... National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...

The legislation also created a new regulatory regime for the railways, with the establishment of the Rail Regulator (dealing with the monopoly and dominant elements of the industry, principally Railtrack (now Network Rail)) and the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising whose role was to sell passenger rail franchises to the private sector. The Director of Passenger Rail Franchising was abolished and replaced in 2001 by the Strategic Rail Authority and then, when the SRA was abolished in 2006, the franchising functions were taken over by the Secretary of State for Transport. The statutory position of Rail Regulator was abolished in July 2004 and his functions were taken over by the Office of Rail Regulation. Statutory office - created by section 1 of the Railways Act 1993 - for the independent economic regulation of the British railway industry. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ... The Director of Passenger Rail Franchising is a statutory office created in 1993 by the Railways Act 1993 and usually called the Franchising Director. ... Categories: Stub ... The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. ... The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is the UK governments agency for regulation of the countrys railway network. ...

The legislation has been amended several times, most significantly by the Transport Act 2000, the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 and the Railways Act 2005. The Transport Act 2000 is a current United Kingdom Act of Parliament External Links Transport Act 2002 Category: ... Legislation which abolished the statutory position of Rail Regulator and replaced it with a corporate board called the Office of Rail Regulation. ... The Railways Act 2005 was a railway act in the United Kingdom. ...

Railtrack collapsed in highly controversial circumstances in October 2001, and in October 2002 the company emerged from railway administration - a special state of insolvency for railway companies created by the Railways Act 1993 - renamed Network Rail. Some commentators regard the creation of Network Rail - and its taking maintenance in-house - as the beginning of the reversal of rail privatisation. Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ...

See also

• Railways Act 1921
• Transport Act 1947