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British Railways Board: Chief Passenger Marketing Manager and Director of Passenger...

Catalogue reference: AN 173

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AN 173

This series contains records of the Chief Passenger Marketing Manager and successor. The records were known as the market research library. They consist of reports made by the British Railway Board and for the BRB by consultants on ticketing,...

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Reference
AN 173
Title
British Railways Board: Chief Passenger Marketing Manager and Director of Passenger Marketing Services: Survey Reports
Date
1960-1988
Description

This series contains records of the Chief Passenger Marketing Manager and successor. The records were known as the market research library. They consist of reports made by the British Railway Board and for the BRB by consultants on ticketing, fares and British Rail services.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • British Railways Board, Chief Passenger Manager, 1963-1969
  • British Railways Board, Chief Passenger Marketing Manager, 1970-1979
  • British Railways Board, Director of Passenger Marketing Services, 1984-1994
  • British Railways Board, Passenger Manager (Marketing), 1979-1984
Physical description
479 papers
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

2001-2013 British Railways Board

Accumulation dates
File series ran from 1960 to 1985
Accruals
No future accruals are expected.
Selection and destruction information
Duplicate reports irrelevant to the railways and those consisting of raw data only were destroyed.
Administrative / biographical background

The British Railway Board set up the office of Chief Passenger Marketing Manager in 1963. It appears to have had a number of organisational changes and in 1984 the title was changed to Director of Passenger Marketing Services.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15583/

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British Railways Board: Chief Passenger Marketing Manager and Director of Passenger Marketing Services: Survey Reports