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Catalogue description British Railways Board: Railfreight Distribution: Policy Files
| Reference: | AN 205 |
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| Title: | British Railways Board: Railfreight Distribution: Policy Files |
| Description: |
This series contains policy files on the organisation, restructuring and privatisation of Railfreight Distribution; the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project; interaction between the organisation and the British Railways Board; and operations including use of terminals and ports, traffic flows and traction and rolling stock requirements. It also includes committee minutes and papers, notably of the Railfreight Group Executive and Railfreight Distribution Board. |
| Date: | 1979-1997 |
| Arrangement: |
Pieces 1-223 contain policy files in broadly chronological order; pieces 224-264 are committee records. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
British Railways Board, Railfreight Distribution, 1988-1997 |
| Physical description: | 264 files and papers |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
2002-2003 BRB (Residuary) Ltd |
| Custodial history: | Passed by British Railways Board to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd (Strategic Rail Authority) in February 2001. |
| Accumulation dates: | File series ran from 1988 to 1997 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Records selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. The series contains records about the organisation, restructuring and privatisation of Railfreight Distribution, strategic financial and operating information. |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are expected |
| 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, Trainload Freight became a separate business. Rationalisation and economic difficulties led to the withdrawal of the Speedlink service in July 1991 leaving Railfreight with the core businesses of Channel Tunnel and deep-sea container traffic. In 1995 Freightliners was sold to a management buyout in preparation for the eventual sale of Railfreight Distribution in 1997. |
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