Series
British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: West Coast Main Line Electrification...
Catalogue reference: AN 193
What's it about?
AN 193
The bulk of this series covers the major elements of the reconstruction of London Euston and Birmingham New Street stations and the strategy for electrification and resignalling of the main line. A few files deal with earlier precedent schemes...
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 193
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: West Coast Main Line Electrification Project: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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The bulk of this series covers the major elements of the reconstruction of London Euston and Birmingham New Street stations and the strategy for electrification and resignalling of the main line. A few files deal with earlier precedent schemes and specimen contracts.
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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 Transport Commission, 1947-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Most records were created by the British Railways Board and were passed to BRB(Residuary) Ltd in 2001. A few were created by the British Transport Executive and passed to the BRB in 1963.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1949 to 1977
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The records have been selected as representing the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Some high-level files about major technical and local political issues have been preserved. The bulk of the selected files relate to the reconstruction of London Euston and Birmingham New Street stations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15794/
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British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: West Coast Main Line Electrification Project: Records