Series
British Railways Board: Bedford to St Pancras and Moorgate Electrification: Files
Catalogue reference: AN 194
What's it about?
AN 194
Three British Railways Board files of reports and minutes of meetings about the proposals and progress on route improvement, electrification and resignalling of the"BedPan" route. One file also includes memoranda on the King's Cross to Sandy...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 194
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board: Bedford to St Pancras and Moorgate Electrification: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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Three British Railways Board files of reports and minutes of meetings about the proposals and progress on route improvement, electrification and resignalling of the"BedPan" route. One file also includes memoranda on the King's Cross to Sandy route simplification and speed improvements, and the Great Northern suburban lines electrification.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Chronological
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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)
- British Railways Board, 1963-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 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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In 2001 British Railways Board
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1973-1977
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Only three files have been selected. They include minutes of meetings and reports on the proposals for, and progress of, the electrification, resignalling, and rationalisation of the route. Reference is also made to the the Great Northern lines suburban electrification and the King's Cross to Sandy route simplification and speed improvements. These files have national significance in that the "BedPan" electrification involved the first (abortive)proposal to use driver only trains. They have been selected as supporting the appraisal criterion on the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK.
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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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Provenance of these files is uncertain. Their file references are not in the usual board's format. They are, however, at a strategic level and include memoranda to the chief executive.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15801/
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Within the department: AN
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British Railways Board: Bedford to St Pancras and Moorgate Electrification: Files