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Series
Transport Ministries: London and South East (LSG Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 159
What's it about?
MT 159
The records concern the London and South East General Division's responsibilities for policy questions and general correspondence on London Transport, London Transport fares and for residual department responsibilities under parts I to IV of the...
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 159
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: London and South East (LSG Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records concern the London and South East General Division's responsibilities for policy questions and general correspondence on London Transport, London Transport fares and for residual department responsibilities under parts I to IV of the Transport (London) Act 1969. The series also includes some records on the proposed closure of the Epping to Ongar section of the London Underground Central Line.
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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)
- LSG file 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 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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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1970-1971
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Only a few policy and precedent files have survived.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11208/
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