JH/POL/LOC/20 - [British Rail Eastern Region]

JH/POL/LOC/20

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[British Rail Eastern Region]

1959-1974

258 items Mixed

Marples, Ernest
Castle, Barbara, 1910-
Fraser, Thomas, 1911-1988
Peyton of Yeovil, John Wynne William Peyton,
Prior, James, 1927-
Stonham, Victor John Collins,

British Rail. Eastern Region
British Transport Commission
Conservative Party (United Kingdom)
Transport Users' Consultative Committee (East Anglia)
National Council on Inland Transport
National Union of Railwaymen
National Union of Agricultural Workers
Rail Invigoration Society
East Suffolk Travellers' Association

Contains correspondence with, and reports and papers by, the British Transport Commission, British Rail, Conservative Party, the Transport Users' Consultative Committee, Ministers of Transport (Ernest Marples, Tom Fraser, Barbara Castle, and John Peyton), Jim Prior, local councils, the National Council on Inland Transport and its President Lord Stonham, the National Union of Railwaymen and the National Union of Agricultural Workers, constituents, the Rail Invigoration Society, and the East Suffolk Travellers' Association regarding rail services in East Anglia. The main issues are the closure of routes or stations, or retrictions in service to rural stations; Sunday services; the fequency of bus services which replace trains; the closure of the East Suffolk line between Ipswich and Lowestoft, and Saxmundham and Aldeburgh; and the closure of the Swaffham-Thetford line. Press-cuttings are also included.