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Catalogue description British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: London Midland Region: General Managers Files
| Reference: | AN 172 |
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| Title: | British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: London Midland Region: General Managers Files |
| Description: |
This series contains records of the General Manager of the London Midland Region comprising files on operational subjects, e.g. track and rolling stock, traffic, accidents, electrification, staff and services. |
| Date: | 1929-1967 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
British Railways Board, London Midland Region, 1963-1993 British Railways, London Midland Region, 1963-1993 British Transport Commission, London Midland Region, 1947-1962 London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, 1921-1947 |
| Physical description: | 446 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
from 2000 British Railways Board |
| Custodial history: | The London Midland and Scottish Railway records were inherited by the British Transport Commission from the company on nationalisation. |
| Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1930 to 1967 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Important policy files showing how the region functioned have been kept, as have files relating to serious accidents and fires. Minor project files, raw statistics, and files relating to the whole of British Railways have not been kept. |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The General Manager controlled the London Midland Region subject to direction by the British Transport Commission, via the Railway Executive, and, after 1962, by the British Railway Board. |
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