Series
British Railways Board: Railfreight Distribution: Policy Files
Catalogue reference: AN 205
What's it about?
AN 205
This series contains policy files on the organisation, restructuring and privatisation of Railfreight Distribution; the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project; interaction between the organisation and the British Railways Board; and operations...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AN 205
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board: Railfreight Distribution: Policy Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1979-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains policy files on the organisation, restructuring and privatisation of Railfreight Distribution; the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project; interaction between the organisation and the British Railways Board; and operations including use of terminals and ports, traffic flows and traction and rolling stock requirements.
It also includes committee minutes and papers, notably of the Railfreight Group Executive and Railfreight Distribution Board.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Pieces 1-223 contain policy files in broadly chronological order; pieces 224-264 are committee records.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Railways Board, Railfreight Distribution, 1988-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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264 files and papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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2002-2003 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)
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Passed by British Railways Board to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd (Strategic Rail Authority) in February 2001.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from 1988 to 1997
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Records selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. The series contains records about the organisation, restructuring and privatisation of Railfreight Distribution, strategic financial and operating information.
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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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Railfreight Distribution was formed in October 1988 by the merger of Speedlink Distribution, Railfreight International and Freightliners Ltd. In 1991, under the Organising for Quality reforms, Trainload Freight became a separate business. Rationalisation and economic difficulties led to the withdrawal of the Speedlink service in July 1991 leaving Railfreight with the core businesses of Channel Tunnel and deep-sea container traffic. In 1995 Freightliners was sold to a management buyout in preparation for the eventual sale of Railfreight Distribution in 1997.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15828/
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Within the department: AN
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British Railways Board: Railfreight Distribution: Policy Files