Series
British Railways Board: Central Planning Unit: Records
Catalogue reference: AN 201
What's it about?
AN 201
Selected records relate to the reorganisation of freight facilities including parcel handling. Most of the files deal with policy on Freightliner and liner train terminals. Personal filing practices account for earlier and later records being...
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 201
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board: Central Planning Unit: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1962-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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Selected records relate to the reorganisation of freight facilities including parcel handling. Most of the files deal with policy on Freightliner and liner train terminals.
Personal filing practices account for earlier and later records being present in these files.
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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)
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- British Railways Board, 1963-2001
- British Railways Board, Central Planning Unit, 1963-1965
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 43 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)
- Held by British Railways Board until February 2001 when transferred into the ownership of British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1962 to 1966
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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 a small proportion of the records have survived. Only those containing a significant policy element were retained.
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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 Central Planning Unit was established under the nascent British Railways Board in 1963 and consisted of a small number of individuals reporting directly to a board member. The unit was based around personalities rather than organisation. Its purpose was to formulate policy and to oversee its implementation.
In 1965 the unit became part of the Planning and New Works Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15888/
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British Railways Board: Central Planning Unit: Records