Catalogue description British Railways Board: Director of Projects and Chief Projects Officer: Records

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Reference: AN 184
Title: British Railways Board: Director of Projects and Chief Projects Officer: Records
Description:

This series consists of records of the inception and monitoring of major projects including electrification, Automatic Warning System, Advanced Passenger Train, High Speed Train and the Channel Tunnel. There are also some records on the introduction of new locomotives and rolling stock.
Date: 1969-1993
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 815 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

2002-2003 BRB (Residuary) Ltd
Selection and destruction information: Acquisition criteria 2.2.1.2, Management of the economy and 2.2.2.2, Impact of the state on the physical environment.
Accruals: No further accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

Major projects were run by the Chief Projects Officer (CPO) and then by the Director of Projects (DoP). For a time the CPO and the DoP worked concurrently, until 1988 when the DoP took over all projects. The CPO and the DoP were responsible for specifying procedures for management control and reporting of projects.

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