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Road Passenger Services: companies Timetables and Faretables

Catalogue reference: RAIL 971

What's it about?

RAIL 971

This series consists of companies timetables and faretables relating to Scotland, England and Wales.

Full description and record details

Reference

RAIL 971

Title
Road Passenger Services: companies Timetables and Faretables
Date

1921-1972

Description

This series consists of companies timetables and faretables relating to Scotland, England and Wales.

Arrangement
Arrangement

The records relate to Scotland, England and Wales (some four time-tables for Ireland are in RAIL 941), and are arranged by areas (numbered) which key to the maps filed at RAIL 971/1 and 2.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

TT 39

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • British Railways Board, British Transport Historical Records Office, 1963-1972
  • British Transport Commission, British Transport Historical Records Office, 1951-1962
  • Road Passenger Executive, 1949-1952
Physical description

337 volume(s)

Access conditions

Open

Subjects
Topics
Road Transport
Administrative / biographical background

The c1600 items in this series were received by BTHR from the Road Passenger Executive. It would appear that a collection dating from 1932 to c1948 was deposited here in September 1952, and that the remainder c1948 to 1972. possibly a reference collection, was deposited shortly before the Public Record Office took over custody of the archive.

The maps also give details of controlling interests, other undertakings, number of buses per company, and other information. For further explanation of the history and relationship of the various companies Bus Stop, edited by Gavin Booth, and published by Ian Allan, c1967, is recommended reading.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13159/

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