Series
British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: London Midland Region: General...
Catalogue reference: AN 172
What's it about?
AN 172
This series contains records of the General Manager of the London Midland Region comprising files on operational subjects, e.g. track and rolling stock, traffic, accidents, electrification, staff and services.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 172
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: London Midland Region: General Managers Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1929-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the General Manager of the London Midland Region comprising files on operational subjects, e.g. track and rolling stock, traffic, accidents, electrification, staff and services.
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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)
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- British Railways Board, London Midland Region, 1963-1993
- British Railways, London Midland Region, 1963-1993
- British Transport Commission, London Midland Region, 1947-1962
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, 1921-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 446 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2000 British Railways Board
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The London Midland and Scottish Railway records were inherited by the British Transport Commission from the company on nationalisation.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1930 to 1967
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Important policy files showing how the region functioned have been kept, as have files relating to serious accidents and fires. Minor project files, raw statistics, and files relating to the whole of British Railways have not been kept.
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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 General Manager controlled the London Midland Region subject to direction by the British Transport Commission, via the Railway Executive, and, after 1962, by the British Railway Board.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15582/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AN
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British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: London Midland Region: General Managers Files