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Catalogue description British Railways Board: Bedford to St Pancras and Moorgate Electrification: Files
| Reference: | AN 194 |
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| Title: | British Railways Board: Bedford to St Pancras and Moorgate Electrification: Files |
| Description: |
Three British Railways Board files of reports and minutes of meetings about the proposals and progress on route improvement, electrification and resignalling of the"BedPan" route. One file also includes memoranda on the King's Cross to Sandy route simplification and speed improvements, and the Great Northern suburban lines electrification. |
| Date: | 1973-1977 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
British Railways Board, 1963-2001 |
| Physical description: | 3 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2001 British Railways Board |
| Accumulation dates: | Series ran 1973-1977 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Only three files have been selected. They include minutes of meetings and reports on the proposals for, and progress of, the electrification, resignalling, and rationalisation of the route. Reference is also made to the the Great Northern lines suburban electrification and the King's Cross to Sandy route simplification and speed improvements. These files have national significance in that the "BedPan" electrification involved the first (abortive)proposal to use driver only trains. They have been selected as supporting the appraisal criterion on the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Provenance of these files is uncertain. Their file references are not in the usual board's format. They are, however, at a strategic level and include memoranda to the chief executive. |
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