Series
British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Financial Planning: Investment...
Catalogue reference: AN 199
What's it about?
AN 199
This series consists of records of significant new construction on the railway including main line electrification, main line up-grades, major signalling track and rolling stock innovations, and financial planning.
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 199
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Financial Planning: Investment and New Works: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records of significant new construction on the railway including main line electrification, main line up-grades, major signalling track and rolling stock innovations, and financial planning.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1035 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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2003-2013 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)
- Some records were created within the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission and were passed to the British Railways Board in 1963. Most records were created by the BRB and were passed to BRB (Residuary) Ltd (Strategic Rail Authority) in 2001.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1948 to 1996
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The exact provenance of some records is now difficult to trace. As appraised they appeared in boxes with several different designations but it was clear that there was overlap between the types of files used by the final users and original order was no longer clear. The files have been grouped into two series, New Works and Corporate Planning and Investment. Appraisal reflects the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Records of the policy and strategy of innovative and strategically important works have been kept.
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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 Officer (New Works) originated at the beginning of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission. In 1957 the function was performed by a Principal Works and Equipment Officer under the Chief of General Duties. This post was retitled Chief Officer New Works in 1962. From 1963 to 1965, under the British Railways Board, the Chief Officer (New Works) was placed within the Technical Departments. In 1965 the function was within the Planning and New Works Departments which had various names until 1968 when the Chief Officer (New Works) became a departmental head in his own right. Between 1970 and 1977 the function was placed under the Controller of Corporate Finance (in 1974 the title Chief Officer (new Works) was changed to Principal, Corporate Works). In 1977 the Rail New Works Officer was placed under the Chief Planning Officer within the Directorate of Planning and Investment. In 1978 he was put under the Chief Investment Officer in Finance and Planning, Computing Services and Operational Research. The function then remained under Financial Planning until the end of the BRB.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15797/
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British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Financial Planning: Investment and New Works: Records