Series
British Railways Board: Director of Projects and Chief Projects Officer: Records
Catalogue reference: AN 184
What's it about?
AN 184
This series consists of records of the inception and monitoring of major projects including electrification, Automatic Warning System, Advanced Passenger Train, High Speed Train and the Channel Tunnel. There are also some records on the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AN 184
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board: Director of Projects and Chief Projects Officer: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1969-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records of the inception and monitoring of major projects including electrification, Automatic Warning System, Advanced Passenger Train, High Speed Train and the Channel Tunnel. There are also some records on the introduction of new locomotives and rolling stock.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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815 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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2002-2003 BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Acquisition criteria 2.2.1.2, Management of the economy and 2.2.2.2, Impact of the state on the physical environment.
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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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Major projects were run by the Chief Projects Officer (CPO) and then by the Director of Projects (DoP). For a time the CPO and the DoP worked concurrently, until 1988 when the DoP took over all projects. The CPO and the DoP were responsible for specifying procedures for management control and reporting of projects.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15672/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AN
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British Railways Board: Director of Projects and Chief Projects Officer: Records