IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-040
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BRITISH RAILWAYS: PROPERTY BOARD
Date(s): 1961-1984
Level of description: Collection
Extent: Two production units.
Name of creator(s): British Rail
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Liverpool Street Station was constructed in 1874. In the 1970s British Rail suggested a number of redevelopment schemes to renovate and update the station. After a public enquiry, redevelopment work began in 1986.
Broad Street Station was built in 1865 as the terminus of the North London Railway. It was closed in 1984 and the Broadgate office development, which covers platforms 11-18 of Liverpool Street Station, was constructed in its place.
Blackfriars Station was opened as St Paul's Station in 1886 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway; the name was changed in 1937. The District line station of the same name was opened across the road in 1870. The station was rebuilt in 1977.
Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers and plans relating to the redevelopment of Liverpool Street and Broad Street stations, 1961-1984; and papers and photographs relating to the redevelopment of Blackfriars station, 1975 and 1977.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two files in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See A/BSL for papers relating to the closure of Broad Street Station.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.