British Railways Board
[1] The Board, now reduced to a minimum membership of a chairman and one other member,[2] continues to exist to hold the French law benefits and obligations of the Channel Tunnel Rail Usage Contract.On 1 April 1994, railway infrastructure became the responsibility of public limited company Railtrack, initially Government owned.Privatisation was completed in 1997, but the BRB continued to discharge residual functions relating to non-operational railway land and BR pensions, and to have responsibility for the British Transport Police.[2] With the dissolution of the SRA under the Railways Act 2005, BRB (Residuary) became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Secretary of State for Transport.The BRB owned a large amount of archive material, including papers, maps, films and photographs, dating back before nationalisation.