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GB0197 DS.NCIT Doncaster Archives Department This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 33914 The National Archives Acc.1165,1185,1228,1301 DS.NCIT DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH : ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INLAND TRANSPORT The Council originated from a meeting convened by the Pedestrians1 Association for Road Safety on 10 July 1962. This meeting was held to consider the implications of the Conservative government's plans, following the Beeching Report, to close railway branch lines. Those attending decided to establish the National Council. The papers catalogued here are those of three of its officers. Minutes of the executive committee 1962 to 1987 are to be found at 1/1-4; annual reports 1964-1965 to 1986-1987 at 3/1/1-23; and the newsletters 1963 to 1977 at 3/1/24-30. ' ­ Acc.1165, 1185, 1228, 1301 DS .NCIT DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH : ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INLAND TRANSPORT SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS 1/1-79 PAPERS OF DR AWT DANIEL 1962-1987 2/1-68 PAPERS OF MR R CALVERT 1945-1977 3/1-12 PAPERS OF MR K MEYER 1963-1988 4/1-13 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 1929-1989 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PAPERS OF DR AWT DANIEL, CHAIRMAN 1965-1984 1/1-4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1962-1987 1/5-16 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1968-1986 1/17-21 SUBJECT FILES : CHANNEL TUNNEL 1963-1984 1/22-38 SUBJECT FILES : RAILWAY CLOSURES 1967-1987 1/39-47 SUBJECT FILES : OTHER TOPICS - 1964-1986 1/48-52 PUBLICATIONS OF THE NCIT 1962-1985 1/53-7 8 RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY 196 3-1987 53-59 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1963-1987 60-75 SUBJECT FILES 1963-1984 76-78 PUBLICATIONS 1962-1983 1/79 LORD STONHAM, SPEECHES ETC 1963-1964 2 PAPERS OF MR R. CALVERT, SECRETARY 1963-1977 2/1-13 GENERAL FILES 1963-1977 2/14-66 SUBJECT FILES 1963-1977 2/67 PRESS CUTTINGS 1963-1977 2/68 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 1945-1975 DS.NCIT 3 PAPERS OF MR K MEYER, SECRETARY AND CHAIRMAN 3/1/1-49 ADMINISTRATION 1963- 1989 3/2/1-27 CHANNEL TUNNEL 1973- 1988 3/3/1-4 CONFERENCES 1980- 1983 3/4/1-3 LONDON 1971- 1985 3/5-7 PRESSURE GROUPS 3/5/1-3 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL 1975- 1986 CO-OPERATION 3/6/1-2 GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT 1978- 1986 ACTION GROUP 3/7/1-13 RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY 1963- 1986 3/8/1-43 RAILWAYS 1963- 1988 3/9/1-3 ROADS 1980- 1989 3/10/1 WATERWAYS 1971- 1972 3/11/1-3 AIRPORTS 1968- 1986 3/12/1-42 TRANSPORT 2000 1973- 1987 4 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 4/1 GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENTARY 4/1/1/1- 23 BILIS AND ACTS 1933- 1987 4/1/2/1- 2 7 PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS 1959- 1963 4/1/3/1- 4 3 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) 1972- 1987 4/1/4/1 - 27 COMMAND PAPERS 1929- 1986 4/1/5/1- 4 9 DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS 1937- 1979 4/2/1-24 LOCAL AUTHORITY STRUCTURE PLANS 1975- 1987 4/3 TRANSPORT POLICY 4/3/1/1- 2 9 GENERAL 1932- 1985 4/3/2/1- 8 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS 1966- 1977 4/3/3/1- 12 STATEMENTS BY POLITICAL PARTIES 1962- 1981 AND TRADE UNIONS 4/4 RAILWAY 4/4/1/1- 35 BRITISH RAIL 1959- 1986 4/4/2/1- 3 OTHER OFFICIAL BODIES 1955- 1982 4/4/3/1- 7 SPECIFIC LINE PROPOSALS 1963- -1974 4/4/4/1 - 28 PRESSURE GROUPS 1940s-198 4/4/5/1- 8 LIGHT RAILWAYS 1959- 1973 4/4/6/1- 14 GENERAL 1961- 1976 DS.NCIT 4/5/1-15 ROAD TRANSPORT 1966 -1985 4/6/1-16 PORTS AND WATERWAYS 1961 -1988 4/7 LONDON 4/7/1-32 GREATER LONDON COUNCIL: 4/7/1-2 ANNUAL REPORTS 1983 -1985 A/1/3-1 DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1975 -1984 A/1/8-12 TRANSPORT POLICIES AND PROGRAMME 1974 -1985 A/1/13-18 COMMITTEE PAPERS 1978 -1986 A/1/19-20 LONDON RAIL STUDY 1974 A/1/21-29 PUBLICATION 1976 -1986 4/7/30-32 ABOLITION 1983 -1987 4/7/33-43 LONDON TRANSPORT 1968 -1989 4/7/44-52 NORTH LONDON CIRCULAR TRUNK ROAD 1985 AND EAST LONDON RIVER CROSSING 4/7/53-55 RING RAIL 1975 -1977 4/7/56 NORTH LONDON LINE COMMITTEE 1976 -1978 4/7/57-62 STANSTED AIRPORT 1970 s-1982 A/1/63-11 MISCELLANEOUS 4/8/1-20 U.K. PLACES OTHER THAN LONDON 1962 -1989 4/9/1-14 OTHER COUNTRIES 1961 -1982 4/10/1-13 PRESSURE GROUPS (NON RAILWAY) 4/10/1-5 COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 1970 -1984 CONSERVATION 4/10/6-12 TRANSPORT 2000 1976 -1985 4/10/13 OTHER GROUPS 1972 -1984 4/11/1-10 CHANNEL TUNNEL 1964 -1986 4/12/1-15 NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS 1972 -1988 4/13/1-11 MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS 1964 -1989 i fl SELECTIVE INDEX This selective index relates only to (1) records on the same subject which are to be found in more than one section of this catalogue and which (2) do not have a separate entry in the table of contents at the front of the catalogue in all cases. If a subject appears only once in the catalogue it will, therefore, have no entry here. BRITISH RAIL See also 4/4/1/1-35 1/71 2/14-19 3/4/2-3 3/8/36-43 3/12/7 4/1/3/16,25,29-32,40 4/1/4/20 4/3/1/15 4/4/1/1-35 CHANNEL TUNNEL 1/17-21 1/5 2 3/2/1-27 4/1/3/4-6,43 4/1/4/20,25-43 4/11/1-10 4/12/1-7 ELRIC (East London River Crossing) 3/1/32 3/12/37-38 4/7/44-52 HONDERLINK, PROF E R 2/28 LONDON 2/32-34 3/12/23-26 4/7/1-77 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INLAND TRANSPORT Administration 2/41-42 Annual Reports 1/4 8,3/1/1-23 Minutes 1/1-4 Newsletter 1/51,3/1/24-30 Other Publications 1/52 i [i RAILWAY CLOSURES 1/22-38 2/17-19,37-38 4/4/3/2-4 RAILWAYS : SPECIFIC LINES AND STATIONS Cambrian Coast 1/27 3/8/11 Liverpool St/Broad St 1/40 2/32 3/4/2 3/12/40 4/1/3/42 Oxford-Bletchley-Bedford 1/73 3/8/18-20 4/4/3/5-7 Settle to Carlisle 1/36 3/8/21-26 Woodhead Tunnel 1/38 3/8/33-35 RING RAIL 1/74 4/7/53-55 ROADS 1/39 3/9/1-3 3/12/27-38 4/5/1-15 4/12/11-13 SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT 1/66 2/55 3/1/31,33 4/4/4/10-17 SCOTLAND 1/32 2/44,54,56 3/7/11-13 3/8/12-13,17,27-28 SERPELL REPORT 1/43 3/8/9-10 i [i STONEHAM, LORD 1/79 2/61 TRANSPORT USERS' CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE 2/38 2/62 3/1/32 TRANSPORT 2 0 00 3/12/1-13 4/4/4/18-22 4/10/6-12 WATERWAYS 2/64-60 3/1/31 3/10/1 4/1/4/4 4/6/1-16 4/13/11 I [i DS.NCIT/1 PAPERS OF DR. AWT DANIEL Dr AWT Daniel MA Ph.D. (Cambridge) AMICE was a lecturer in civil engineering at Queen Mary College in the University of London. He was Chairman of the NCIT from November 1965 to May 1984. His papers listed here contain material relating both to the NCIT and to the Railway Development Socie.ty in which he was also actively involved. They also include a number of speeches made by the first Chairman, Lord Stonham. NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INLAND TRANSPORT Executive Committee 1 Minutes and Reports 10 Jul 1962-6 Jul 1967 Includes copy minutes of a "private meeting on the road and rail crisis' convened by the Pedestrians1 Association for Road Safety, 10 July 1962 Copy minutes of a meeting of the working party of the National Standing Joint Council on Road and Rail Traffic Problems 14 and 28 Aug 1962 Constitution of the Executive Committee of the National Council on Inland Transport, Oct 1962 Minutes of the NCIT, signed, from 11 Oct 1962 Chairman's Reports to the Executive Committee, nos 1-11, from Nov 1965 2 Minutes and Reports 5 Sep 1967-10 Mar 1972. Includes signed minutes Chairman's Reports nos 12-41 3 Minutes and Reports 12 May 1972-10 Nov 1978 Includes Chairman"s Reports nos 42-78 4 Minutes and Reports 12 Jan 1979-13 Nov 1987 Includes Chairman's Reports nos 79-103 (11 Nov 1983) General Correspondence 5 General^Correspondence 6 Aug 1968-17 Dec 1973 6 General Correspondence 1 Jan 1974-31 Dec 1975 DS.NCIT/1 7 General Correspondence 1976 6 General Correspondence 1977 9 General Correspondence 1978 10 General Correspondence 1979 11 General Correspondence 1980 12 General Correspondence 1981 13 General Correspondence 1982 14 General Correspondence 1 Jan 1983-2 Dec 1983 15 General Correspondence 6 Dec 1983-29 Dec 1984 16 General Correspondence 2 Jan 1985-17 Dec 1986 Subject Files : Channel Tunnel 17 Correspondence and memoranda 22 Sep 1963-4 Jan 1970 18 Correspondence and memoranda 17 Jul 1978-15 Nov 1984 19 Channel Tunnel Association 29 May 1965-19 Dec 1978 20 Channel Tunnel Association 24 Aug 1977-10 Sep 1984 21 Channel Tunnel Petition 1973-1974 x.
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