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Historically, the term "British Rail" only dates from the mid-1960s, the nationalised railway previously being known as "British Railways" as shown in the early logos of the nationalised railway, including the "cycling lion". In the mid-1960s the railway modernised its corporate image, introducing the famous "double-arrow" logo still used by "National Rail" to represent the industry as a whole (though some cynics claimed the logo meant the railway "didn't know if it was coming or going"), the standardised type face used for all communications and signs, and the "rail blue" livery which was applied to nearly all locomotives and rolling stock. The British Railways Board was created in the early 1960s, taking over from the former British Transport Commission which, in addition to the railway was also responsible for the waterways (canals) and road freight transport.
Between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s the size of the British rail network was reduced from around 20,000 miles to 12,000 miles as a result of the "[[Beeching Axe]]", the cost-cutting review conducted by BR Chairman Dr [[Richard Beeching]]. Some of these lines have since become [[List of British heritage and private railways|heritage railways]].
Under the Conservative Government's [[Railway Act, 1993]], British Rail was split up and [[privatization|privatized]]. By November [[1997]], British Rail had been divested of all its operational railway functions.
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