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Railway investment policy and projects: Gatwick Airport Station and Rail Link; financing...
Catalogue reference: MT 124/1584
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This record is about the Railway investment policy and projects: Gatwick Airport Station and Rail Link; financing... dating from 1979 Jan 01 - 1979 Dec 31 in the series Transport Ministries: Railways and Inland Waterways (RA, RB, RC, RYC and RFR Series).... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 124/1584
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1979 Jan 01 - 1979 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Railway investment policy and projects: Gatwick Airport Station and Rail Link; financing the Victoria to Gatwick rail link; proposed second terminal at Gatwick; transfer of air services from Heathrow to Gatwick to ease congestion; Parliamentary Questions;correspondence
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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)
- RB 212/7/04 PART 2
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Railways
- Transport management
- Banking
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11411287/
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MT 124
Transport Ministries: Railways and Inland Waterways (RA, RB, RC, RYC and RFR Series)...
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