British American Railway Services

British American Railway Services Ltd

BARS D5613 (31190) at Template:Stnlink in BR green livery

Type| Limited company
Industry| Railways
Predecessor| ECT Rail Holdings
Founded| 8 July 2008
Defunct| 2020
Headquarters|

Stanhope

England

Area served

| Great Britain
Services| Locomotive hire
Parent| Iowa Pacific Holdings

British American Railway Services (BARS) was a British locomotive and spot hire private limited company.[1] It was a subsidiary of Iowa Pacific Holdings.

The company was established on 8 July 2008 to acquire the rail assets of Ealing Community Transport.[2]

BARS subsidiaries included RMS Locotec, Hanson Traction, Weardale Railway and Dartmoor Railway.[3] BARS also owned Devon & Cornwall Railways which was active from 2011 until 2017. In January 2020 BARS announced that it intended to dispose of all its UK assets[4] and on 27 June 2023 it officially dissolved.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "British American Railway Services Limited". https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06641019.
2. ↑ "A Brief History of ECT Charity". April 2016. https://ectcharity.co.uk/files_uploads/A_Brief_History_of_ECT_Charity_(April_2016).pdf.
3. ↑ "Home". http://www.rmslocotec.com/#/dcr/4539306317.
4. ↑ Weardale Railway put up for sale by its American owners

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