Catalogue description British Railways Board: Railfreight Distribution: Senior Officers Records

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Details of AN 206
Reference: AN 206
Title: British Railways Board: Railfreight Distribution: Senior Officers Records
Description:

This series contains files of the directors of Railfreight Distribution and its predecessor, Freightliners Ltd. Most files originate from Ian A Brown, the Managing Director of Railfreight Distribution.

Issues covered include; operating and marketing strategy; budgets, investment and financial performance; correspondence and agreements with customers, such as the car industry; management and development of regional freight terminals; preparations for the opening of the Channel Tunnel; joint ventures with UK and European partners, particularly in the field of intermodal or combined transport; the privatisation of Freightliner and restructuring of Railfreight Distruibution

Date: 1981-1995
Arrangement:

Chronological

Related material:

Railfreight Distribution policy files AN 205

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

Railfreight Distribution, 1988-1997

Physical description: 390 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2003 BRB (Residuary) Ltd

Custodial history: Created and held by the British Railways Board, passed to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd in February 2001
Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1988 to 1997
Selection and destruction information: Selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Policy files and records on strategy have been selected. Personnel records and non-startegic records have not been selected.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Railfreight Distribution was formed in October 1988 by the merger of Speedlink Distribution, Railfreight International and Freightliners Ltd. In 1991, under the Organising for Quality reforms, it became a separate business from Trainload Freight. The Speedlink service was withdrawn in July 1991 leaving Railfreight Distribution with the core business of Channel Tunnel and deep-sea container traffic. It was privatised in 1997.

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