MT 1241922-1995Transport Ministries: Railways and Inland Waterways (RA, RB, RC, RYC and RFR Series) Files
This series contains papers of the three railway divisions of the Railways and Inland Waterways Division of the Transport ministries, covering all aspects of the work of the British Railways Board; questions of railway closure and uneconomic services; general railway matters, including capital investment, such as railway electrification; ferries, light railways, transport in London and relations with international organizations; draft legislation and consultation over the 1961-1962 Transport Bill, and later implementation of the Transport Act 1962; the inquiry into the railway accident at a level crossing in Hixon; and the Channel Tunnel.
Also included are papers of the Transport Users Consultative Committees, the Interdepartmental Working Party on the Beeching Plan, and the (Serpell) committee on the review of railway finances.
Some material on canals and inland waterways is also included.
Some files of the LP series (otherwise in MT 135) have been re-registered in the RA and RC series.