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Series
Ministry of Transport, Rates and Charges: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: MT 56
What's it about?
MT 56
This series is comprised of papers of the Rates and Charges Division relating to railway, roads, docks, canals etc., charges for passenger and goods traffic levied by local authority and various transport undertakings, including the British...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport, Rates and Charges: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1916-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is comprised of papers of the Rates and Charges Division relating to railway, roads, docks, canals etc., charges for passenger and goods traffic levied by local authority and various transport undertakings, including the British Transport Commission from 1948 to 1962.
There are also papers relating to inland transport charges generally, together with minutes of meetings and other papers of the Government Traffic (Railway Charges and Dock Charges) Committees, the Charges (Vigilance) Committee and the Working Party on Transport Charges.
Very little material is earlier in date than 1939.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Pieces 1-307 are arranged in ZH file series order. From piece 308 arrangement is in RC series order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other papers concerning rates and charges at ports are in MT 48
Other papers concerning inland waterways' rates and charges are in MT 52
Other papers concerning road transport rates and charges are in MT 33
Other papers concerning railway rates and charges are in MT 6
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Railway Rates Tribunal, 1921-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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577 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department of Transport , in 1971 , from 1980 to 1986
Department of the Environment , in 1971 , from 1980 to 1986
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11105/
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Ministry of Transport, Rates and Charges: Correspondence and Papers
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