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RAILWAY STATIONS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1467

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: RAILWAY STATIONS

Date(s): 1943

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The authors of the report are not named but are referred to as 'the Committee'. It is possible they were a local authority investigative committee conducting research for post-war development planning, as they include a list of recommendations and improvements as to how stations could be constructed in a more effective manner.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Report entitled "Post War Development - Passenger Traffic: Report on visit to stations (appendix H)". The report contains notes and general comments on various passenger stations and a variety of photographs of the stations and their concourses. The stations belonged to different operators and comprise:

London Passenger Transport Board: Finchley Road, Rayner's Lane, Uxbridge, Harrow on the Hill
Southern Railway: Richmond, Kingston, Surbiton
London Midland and Scottish: Luton, Apsley
Great Western Railway: Leamington Spa
London and North Eastern Railway: Loughton.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One volume

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received in 1979

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Building design | Construction engineering
Railway stations | Transport infrastructure
Railways | Transport infrastructure
Research

Personal names

Corporate names
GWR | Great Western Railway x Great Western Railway
LMS | London Midland and Scottish Railway
LNER | London and North Eastern Railway
London Passenger Transport Board x London Transport Executive
Southern Railway x SR

Places