001189

Description

A file of documents relating to rail passenger traffic and air-raid damage to railways in Birmingham. Documents in the file include statements of the tickets issued from stations in the Birmingham area; a discussion of the transit of goods, including food supplies, clothing, and industrial products such as coal and coke; records of passengers travelling to and from Birmingham, including ticket types and the number of journeys; and reports on damage to railway holdings in the Midlands. The reports cover the locations of damage, including track sections, stations, bridges, and air-raid shelters; the causes of damage, including fires; the extent of interference with the normal running of traffic; restoration work and the cost of repairs; the creation of bomb craters; worker absenteeism; casualties, including workers from the engineering department; and the resumption of services. The file also includes discussion of complaints by railway staff about their working conditions.

Keywords

absenteeism, administration, agriculture, air raids, air-raid precautions, animal feed, bicycles, bomb damage, bridges, cattle, cereals, civilian casualties, clothing, coal, coke, communications, compensation, construction, construction materials, depots, disease, employment, engineering, evacuation, female labour, finance, fires, fish, flour, food supplies, fuel, haulage, high-explosive bombs, homelessness, incendiary bombs, industrial equipment, industrial workers, industry, infrastructure, insurance, labour supply, lighting, livestock, local authorities, maps, natural resources, newspapers, office workers, petrol, public transport, railway stations, railways, recruitment, repair, retail, retirement, roads, statistics, sugar, surveys, telephonic communications, traffic, transportation, wages, working conditions