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Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Waterways and Railways General (WRG Series) Files
| Reference: | MT 140 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Transport Ministries: Waterways and Railways General (WRG Series) Files |
| Description: |
This series consists of registered files of the Ministry of Transport: Waterways and Railways General Division, relating to inland waterways, water conservation, packet ports, the London Travel Committee, and papers of the Joint Anglo-French Working Party on the Channel Crossing. Some files from the RA (MT 124), RIW (MT 115) and LP series (MT 135) were re-registered under the new WRG prefix. The WRG file series continued to be used until 1963. |
| Date: | 1959-1968 |
| Separated material: |
Some files from this series were re-registered in: NTA: MT 87 NTB: MT 88 LP: MT 135 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | WRG Series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Transport, Nationalised Transport Division B, 1962-1970 Ministry of Transport, Railways and Inland Waterways Division, 1959-1962 Ministry of Transport, Waterways and Railways General Division, 1962-1962 |
| Physical description: | 59 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
in 1991 Department of Transport |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
On 1 February 1962 the Railways A and B Divisions were reorganised and an additional division was created, the Waterways and Railways General (WRG) Division. In September 1962 a further reorganisation occurred and the Nationalised Transport A and B Divisions were established. The work of WRG Division was largely divided between these new Divisions. Functions relating to London transport were transferred to the London Policy Division. |
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