NRS-15285 | Statistical returns

This series comprises operational returns giving statistics of passenger and mail trains arriving at Sydney, border stations or branch lines plus their timeliness. Freight train information concerning their departure patterns any delays and early arrivals are also recorded. The returns go on to collate other cargoes carried including livestock, wheat, wool and private vehicles.Custody HistoryFrom 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 R55. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R55 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.