Series
British Railways Board: Passenger Marketing Services: Records
Catalogue reference: AN 185
What's it about?
AN 185
This series consists of records of the Chief Passenger Manager within the Traffic Department until 1969, the Executive Director, Passenger until September 1970 and the Chief Passenger Marketing Manager until 1979 and afterwards of the Passenger...
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 185
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board: Passenger Marketing Services: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1951-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records of the Chief Passenger Manager within the Traffic Department until 1969, the Executive Director, Passenger until September 1970 and the Chief Passenger Marketing Manager until 1979 and afterwards of the Passenger Manager (Marketing). Files relate to marketing policy and strategy including national travel incentive schemes, national ticketing and pricing, and national and regional surveys affecting policy.
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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, Chief Passenger Manager, 1963-1969
- British Railways Board, Chief Passenger Marketing Manager, 1970-1979
- British Railways Board, Passenger Manager (Marketing), 1979-1984
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 126 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 2001 British Railways Board
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran from 1963 to 1982
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Acquisition criterion 2.2.1.2, Management of the economy.
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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 Chief Passenger Manager was within the Traffic Department until 1969 when the post became Executive Director, Passenger until September 1970 and then Chief Passenger Marketing Manager until 1979. The functions were then scattered to other departments, the Passenger Manager (Marketing) retaining responsibility for sales, terminal services and some computer systems.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15673/
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British Railways Board: Passenger Marketing Services: Records