Catalogue description British Railways Board: Transportation Systems and Market Research Limited (Transmark): Records
Reference: | AN 202 |
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Title: | British Railways Board: Transportation Systems and Market Research Limited (Transmark): Records |
Description: |
Reports, minutes, agreements, correspondence and plans of selected projects showing the spread of activity of the company. The series also contains a small amount of the company's promotional material. |
Date: | 1970-1992 |
Arrangement: |
Broadly chronological. |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Transportation Systems and Market Research Limited (Transmark), 1969-1993 |
Physical description: | 258 files and volumes |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
2002-2006 BRB (Residuary) Ltd |
Custodial history: | Created by Transmark, a subsidiary company of the British Railways Board (BRB), and passed by the BRB to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd in February 2001. |
Accumulation dates: | 1978-1990 |
Selection and destruction information: | Selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Records of only a few key projects, showing the spread of Transmark's activity, have been preserved. |
Accruals: | No further accruals are expected |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Transmark was created in 1969 out of the market research section of the Corporate Planning Department of British Rail. It was a limited company wholly owned by the British Railways Board. It was sold in 1993 to Sir William Halcrow and Partners Ltd. |
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