Records inherited and created by British Railways Regions

Division within AN

1880-1993

Records of the British Railways Regions, established to operate British Railways from 1963, document all aspects of the running of regional railway services, and include:

• Eastern Region records in AN 23-AN 29, AN 92, AN 140
• London Midland Region records in AN 30-AN 32, AN 35, AN 37-AN 39, AN 93, AN 95, AN 155 and AN 172;
• North Eastern Region records AN 105;
• Southern Region records in AN 41-AN 44, AN 81, AN 103, AN 151 and AN 154;
• Western Region in AN 9, AN 10, AN 45-AN 53, AN 125 and AN 141.

Scottish Regional Records are in the Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh.

Public Record(s)

English

• British Railways, Eastern Region, 1963-1993
• British Railways, London Midland Region, 1963-1993
• British Railways, North Eastern Region, 1963-1993
• British Railways, Southern Region, 1963-1993
• British Railways, Western Region, 1963-1993

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Topics

Railways

British Railway Regions were established on 1 January 1963 by the Transport Act of 1962 which re-structured railway services in the UK.

The regional structure adopted in 1963 substantially followed the area structure established by the British Transport Commission in 1953. The regional boards were: the Eastern, London-Midland, North Eastern, Scottish, Southern and Western. In 1967 these regions were reduced to five with the merger of the Eastern and North Eastern boards.

By 1968, the regional boards were considered to have no essential purpose and the British Railways Board's statutory obligation to maintain such boards was removed. In the following year the regional boards were reconstituted as non-statutory organisations.

The regional boards continued to maintain regional railway service until 1993.