Catalogue description British Railways Board: Transportation Systems and Market Research Limited (Transmark): Records

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Reference: AN 202
Title: British Railways Board: Transportation Systems and Market Research Limited (Transmark): Records
Description:

Reports, minutes, agreements, correspondence and plans of selected projects showing the spread of activity of the company. The series also contains a small amount of the company's promotional material.

Date: 1970-1992
Arrangement:

Broadly chronological.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Transportation Systems and Market Research Limited (Transmark), 1969-1993

Physical description: 258 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

2002-2006 BRB (Residuary) Ltd

Custodial history: Created by Transmark, a subsidiary company of the British Railways Board (BRB), and passed by the BRB to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd in February 2001.
Accumulation dates: 1978-1990
Selection and destruction information: Selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Records of only a few key projects, showing the spread of Transmark's activity, have been preserved.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected
Administrative / biographical background:

Transmark was created in 1969 out of the market research section of the Corporate Planning Department of British Rail. It was a limited company wholly owned by the British Railways Board. It was sold in 1993 to Sir William Halcrow and Partners Ltd.

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