Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Rail (R Series) Files

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Details of MT 214
Reference: MT 214
Title: Transport Ministries: Rail (R Series) Files
Description:

This series contains papers of the three railway divisions of the Transport Industries Directorate.
Date: 1975-2004
Arrangement:

Former departmental reference order. Some files were re-registered from the RA, RB and RC series.
Related material:

This series follows on directly from the files in MT 124
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: R
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Transport, 2002-

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2001-2002

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001

Department of the Environment, Transport Industries Department, 1976-1997
Physical description: 563 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2011 Department for Transport
Custodial history: Department of Transport 1989-1997; Department of Environment and Transport 1997-2001; Department of Transport Local Government and the Regions 2001-2002; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002-2006; Department for Communities and Local Government 2006-2009.
Accumulation dates: 1981-1986
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Railways policy continued to be dealt with by the Transport Industries Directorate railway divisions through the 1980s.

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