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Series
Transport Ministries: Waterways and Railways General (WRG Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 140
What's it about?
MT 140
This series consists of registered files of the Ministry of Transport: Waterways and Railways General Division, relating to inland waterways, water conservation, packet ports, the London Travel Committee, and papers of the Joint Anglo-French...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Waterways and Railways General (WRG Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files of the Ministry of Transport: Waterways and Railways General Division, relating to inland waterways, water conservation, packet ports, the London Travel Committee, and papers of the Joint Anglo-French Working Party on the Channel Crossing.
Some files from the RA (MT 124), RIW (MT 115) and LP series (MT 135) were re-registered under the new WRG prefix. The WRG file series continued to be used until 1963.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files from this series were re-registered in:
LP:
NTB:
NTA:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- WRG Series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Transport, Nationalised Transport Division B, 1962-1970
- Ministry of Transport, Railways and Inland Waterways Division, 1959-1962
- Ministry of Transport, Waterways and Railways General Division, 1962-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 59 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 1991 Department of Transport
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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On 1 February 1962 the Railways A and B Divisions were reorganised and an additional division was created, the Waterways and Railways General (WRG) Division. In September 1962 a further reorganisation occurred and the Nationalised Transport A and B Divisions were established. The work of WRG Division was largely divided between these new Divisions. Functions relating to London transport were transferred to the London Policy Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11189/
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