BRB (Residuary) Limited

Those functions which directly related to the old BR were placed in the charge of a wholly owned subsidiary of the SRA, BRB (Residuary) Limited (BRBR), which was incorporated in January 2001.

[1] Responsibility for the BTP passed temporarily to the SRA itself pending the creation of the British Transport Police Authority in 2004.

[3] As a residuary body, the company was responsible for discharging a variety of functions, including obligations in respect of liabilities acquired by British Rail as a major employer over nearly half a century (such as pensions and work related compensation claims) and as a direct result of the privatisation process.

This includes legacy bridges, abutments, tunnels, cuttings, viaducts and similar properties associated with closed railway lines.

The full list of properties transferred to Network Rail is given in a schedule attached to the statutory instrument that abolished BRBR.

The Department for Transport (DfT) is now responsible for ill health claims from former British Rail (BR) employees.

Closed Leaderfoot Viaduct was the responsibility of BRB (Residuary)
The North Eastern Railway War Memorial in York was the responsibility of BRB (Residuary)
Waterloo International station became the responsibility of BRB (Residuary) following Eurostar vacating it in November 2007