Records from Save Our Railways
- Made:
- 1975-2002
- part of archive:
- Campaign for Better Transport Archive
Records relating to the Save Our Railways campaign from 1975 - 2002, including correspondence; policy work (1990-2001); work on the Passenger Service Requirement (1992-2001); legal challenges (1995-1997); general press releases and news briefings produced by Save Our Railways and the Better Rail Campaign (1988-1998); administrative records (1987-2001); photographs (c. 1999-c.2002); publications, booklets, research reports and other printed materials (1995-1999); publications, press cuttings, and reports collected by Save Our Railways (1975-1997); and printed posters and signs from campaign stunts (1995-2002).
Materials document Save Our Railways' initiatives to campaign on railways-related topics in the final years before the Railways Bill introduced privatised rail infrastructure, engineering, track maintenance, signalling, Train Operating Companies, and other aspects of railway operations for passengers and goods transport in the United Kingdom; the formation of a Strategic Rail Authority; rail land use and station and line closures; timetabling, accessibility, and fares; and other features of passenger transport by rail.
Details
- Extent:
- 8 boxes and 2 bundles
- Identifier:
- CFBT/10
- Access:
- Access is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this collection is available to researchers through Search Engine. Contents diverging from this policy are singled out at file/item level where personally identifiable information or materials subject to the 20-year rule for government documents is identified. Research requests for these materials will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Leaked materials are restricted.
- System of Arrangement:
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Sub-fonds respects arrangement according to the order in which items were sorted in the boxes when they arrived at NRM. Current boxes have been arranged to be physically near each other, respecting the order of the contents of the original boxes but not the sequential numbers of the 10x12x15-inch boxes that arrived at NRM in 2018, as the numbers were added after their arrival. Lower-level descriptions indicate areas of arrangement within the boxes.
- rights:
- Copies may be supplied of items in the collection, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Copyright belongs to the Campaign for Better Transport in the first instance and specified on lower levels where Campaign for Better Transport is not the creator (e.g. Better Rail Campaign, Office of Passenger Rail Franchising [OPRAF], Anglia Railways), and are governed by a CC BY-NC-SA license.