MT 1151934-1970Transport Ministries: Railways and Inland Waterways(RIW Series) Files
This series consists of Transport ministries' files concerning the policy and supervision of the railway and inland waterways undertakings of the British Transport Commission, including the London Transport Executive.
The series contains material on the operation of inland waterways and on general railway matters, including the withdrawal of unremunerative services, the implications of the Channel Tunnel and investment and light railways.
The records in this series cover the post-war period up to the abolition of the division in 1963, including some files of its predecessor divisions.
The papers include a selection of files of the Committee of Inquiry into Inland Waterways, 1955-1959. Additionally, the papers of the London Travel Committee (1958-1961), the Committee of Inquiry into London Transport (1953-1955).
The series includes files re-registered from the LP series (otherwise in MT 135).