Directly Operated Railways

Directly Operated Railways Ltd.

Company type	Holding company
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	2009
Defunct	2015
Successor	DfT OLR Holdings
Headquarters	London , England
Services	Train operating company management
Owner	Department for Transport
Subsidiaries	East Coast
Website	www.directlyoperatedrailways.co.uk
Footnotes / references Government holding company formed to run temporary rail franchises when private contractors have failed

Directly Operated Railways Ltd. (DOR)^[1] was a holding company set up by the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom in July 2009 to operate rail franchises should it become necessary to bring them into public ownership.^[2] From November 2015, its function was taken over by the Department for Transport, who set up DfT OLR Holdings Limited to carry out that function. A partnership of Arup Group, Ernst & Young and SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit were appointed temporarily to support them in that function.