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Series
Transport Ministries: Railways, Grants and Closures (RGC Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 188
What's it about?
MT 188
The files in this series are of Railways Division B and relate to railway line closures where the line in question was a 'cause celebre'. The files cover Programme Analysis Reviews; Rail Policy Review 1972-73; rail support grants, and Cost...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 188
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Railways, Grants and Closures (RGC Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series are of Railways Division B and relate to railway line closures where the line in question was a 'cause celebre'. The files cover Programme Analysis Reviews; Rail Policy Review 1972-73; rail support grants, and Cost Benefit Analyses
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- RGC file series
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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 of the Environment, Railways B Division, 1971-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 79 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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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
- Transport management
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15782/
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Transport Ministries: Railways, Grants and Closures (RGC Series) Files
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