Archive

1979 Aug 24 - 1981 Aug 3
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/599
Transport (Railway policy: rail fares; reference of London commuter services to Monopolies and Mergers Commission; British Rail finances; services to Gatwick airport; pay negotiations; industrial action by National Union of Railwaymen) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 177
Any docs withheld?

Selections from this file

Showing items 1 - 20 of 26

Per page:
Date Value Title
79 Sep 27 Thu Transport: Fowler minute to MT (British Rail fare increases) [fare increases to be limited to 18 per cent] [declassified 2011]
79 Oct 2 Tue Transport: No.10 letter to Department of Transport (reference of British Rail London commuter services to Monopolies and Mergers Commission) [declassified 2011]
79 Oct 8 Mon Transport: Fowler minute to MT (rail fare increases and reference of British Rail London commuter services to Monopolies and Mergers Commission) [declassified 2011]
80 Mar 12 Wed Transport: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Fowler) [British Rail fare increases] [declassified 2011]
80 Apr 2 Wed Transport: Fowler minute to MT (British Rail pay negotiations) [prospects for negotiations with rail unions] [declassified 2011]
80 Apr 3 Thu Transport: Hoskyns minute to MT ("British Rail") [pay for rail workers] [declassified 2011]
80 Apr 8 Tue Transport: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("British Rail Pay Negotiations") [declassified 2011]
80 Apr 24 Thu Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("Rail Pay") [British Rail pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]
80 May 7 Wed Transport: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Rail Pay") [British Rail pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 31 Thu Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("British Rail Fares") [Fowler argues that BR must increase fares or borrow more to defer fare increase] [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 7 Thu Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("Rail Fares") [Fowler discusses British Rail fares with Peter Parker] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 16 Tue Transport: Armstrong briefing for MT ("British Rail Finances (E(80) 105)/Rail Services to Gatwick Airport (E(80) 100 and 101)") [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 16 Tue Transport: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("BR Finances: E(80)105") [British Rail's financial difficulties] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 8 Mon Transport: MT letter to Patricia Batty Shaw, Chairman of the National Federation of Women's Institutes (rural rail services) [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 27 Fri Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("Railways Pay") [British Rail pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 6 Mon Transport: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Railways Policy (E(81) 41-45)") [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 8 Wed Transport: Le Cheminant minute to Lankester ("Railway Pay") [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 10 Fri Transport: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("British Rail") [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 13 Mon Transport: Armstrong briefing for MT ("British Railways (E(81) 41-45, 47 and 48)") [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 13 Mon Transport: Prior minute to MT ("Railway Policy") [railway electrification] [declassified 2011]