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Series
LCR - London and Continental Railways Website
Catalogue reference: DFT 77
What's it about?
DFT 77
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the LCR - London and Continental Railways website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DFT 77
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Title (The name of the record)
- LCR - London and Continental Railways Website
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Date (When the record was created)
- From 2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the LCR - London and Continental Railways website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Gathered from original website.
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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
- Official publications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Future website versions may be anticipated.
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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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The London and Continental Railways Ltd (LCR) is a government-owned construction company that was responsible for the Channel Tunnel and the High Speed 1 (HS1) rail network, and now manages regeneration projects at King?s Cross Central. LCR is a public corporation of the Department for Transport.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13425981/
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