British Road Services
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British Road Services, often shortened to BRS, was the nationalised company that operated the former road transport networks of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, after the 1962 break-up of the British Transport Commission. It was a subsidiary of the Transport Holding Company, created by the Transport Act 1962, and later of the National Freight Corporation, created by the Transport Act 1968.
The company was made up of four main operating areas:
- British Road Services Ltd
- BRS Parcels Ltd
- Pickfords
- Containerway and Roadferry Ltd
It was eventually privatised to its employees under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in 1988 to become the National Freight Company.
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