NRS-15276 | Weekly Special Train notices

Full description

This series comprises weekly notices for trains scheduled over and above the normal timetable to cover railway contingencies for public holidays, Easter shows, Sunday Schools, sporting events, the conveyance of racehorses to country meetings, circus transportation, and train hire for social outings. The Notices were distributed to the stationmasters along the train route and detailed changes to timetables, fares, staffing, and freight transports.

This series became fully digital in 2015.

Note regarding Weekly Special Train Notices Special Train Notices [NRS 16451]:
The Notices in this current series usually contain details of all special arrangements for the week, while the series Special Train Notices consists of separate circulars for each event.



Custody History
From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R70. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R70 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.