Company type | Limited liability company |
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Industry | Property development |
Founded | 1994 |
Headquarters | , England, UK |
Owners | Department for Transport |
Website | lcrproperty |
London and Continental Railways (LCR) is a property development company owned by the Government of the United Kingdom for developing former railway land.
The company was originally established in 1994 as a private consortium to own European Passenger Services and build the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) under a contract agreed with the government. After the full length of the CTRL was opened and rebranded as High Speed 1 (HS1) in late 2007, the company subsequently ran into financial difficulties and was nationalised in June 2009.