Series
British Railways: London Midland Region: General Manager's Closure of Lines Files
Catalogue reference: AN 155
What's it about?
AN 155
British Railways London Midland Region files, resulting from the 'Beeching report' of 1963, studying particular lines and sections to effect rationalisation of services and assets.The files include reports of the facilities on the lines and their...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AN 155
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways: London Midland Region: General Manager's Closure of Lines Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1930-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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British Railways London Midland Region files, resulting from the 'Beeching report' of 1963, studying particular lines and sections to effect rationalisation of services and assets.The files include reports of the facilities on the lines and their costs, passenger usage and alternative rail and bus services. They may also contain information concerning the subsequent history of the installations and land after closure, along with matters about the replacement bus services. Lines closed before the Beeching report are not included.
Some lines had been subject to earlier correspondence concerning their futures and, in some cases, these papers have been included in the files. Therefore, some of the starting dates are before 1963 and, sometimes, predate the nationalisation of the railways.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files were allocated a special coding in the London Midland Region's General Manager's file series (7-19-xxx) and are listed in that order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Similar files for North Eastern Region can be found in AN 168
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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)
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- British Railways Board, London Midland Region, 1963-1993
- British Transport Commission, London Midland Region, 1947-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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374 file(s)
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2347/
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British Railways: London Midland Region: General Manager's Closure of Lines Files