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Underground Electric Railways Company of London: Traffic Notices and Timetables
Catalogue reference: RAIL 983
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RAIL 983
This series consists of Underground Electric Railways Company of London traffic notices and timetables.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 983
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Title (The name of the record)
- Underground Electric Railways Company of London: Traffic Notices and Timetables
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926-1932
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of Underground Electric Railways Company of London traffic notices and timetables.
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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)
- TT 88
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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)
- 6 volume(s)
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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
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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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During the period covered by these records this company (originally incorporated as the Metropolitan District Electric Traction Company) controlled the Metropolitan District, the Central London, the City and South London and London Electric Railways. London Electric Railways was itself an operating division of the company, controlling the Baker Street and Waterloo, the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead, and the Great Northern Piccadilly and Brompton Railways.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13171/
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