Private company

Red Star Parcels

British Rail courier service

Red Star Parcels was a railway-centric registered courier service owned and operated by British Rail. It used passenger trains for transporting parcels between passenger railway stations throughout the United Kingdom.2 It ceased to exist in 1999.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1963Founded1

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Brighton station sign with Red Star Parcels
Photo: Davwheat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Red Star Parcels was a railway-centric registered courier service owned and operated by British Rail. It used passenger trains for transporting parcels between passenger railway stations throughout the United Kingdom.2

Corporate structure

Red Star Parcels is part of a group headed by British Rail. 13 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • British Rail London
    • Red Star Parcels
    • British Rail ScotRail Subsidiary
    • InterCity Subsidiary
    • Network SouthCentral Subsidiary
    • Network SouthEast Subsidiary
    • Regional Railways Subsidiary
    • Sealink Subsidiary · Hoek van Holland
    • Network NorthWest Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Rail Express Systems Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Railfreight Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Railfreight Distribution Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Trainload Freight Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • APTIS Owned · United Kingdom
    • Dyserth branch line Owned · United Kingdom
    • Eaton Branch Railway Owned · Eaton, United Kingdom
    • Friar Gate Bridge Owned · City of Derby, United Kingdom
    • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman” Owned · United Kingdom
    • LNER Class A4 4488 “Union of South Africa” Owned · United Kingdom
    • MV Cambria Owned
    • MV Hibernia Owned
    • North Stafford Hotel Owned · City of Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
    • PS Lincoln Castle Owned
    • TSS Slieve Bawn Owned
    • TSS Slieve League Owned

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1999Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1963Founded Founded1

Sources

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