The Transport Act 1968 (c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The main provisions made changes to the structure of nationally owned...
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established in the late 1960s by the Transport Act 1968 as transport authorities serving large conurbations, by the then transport minister Barbara Castle. Prior...
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British Rail (redirect from British Railways Act 1980)
but unprofitable railways in the Transport Act 1968. Part of these provisions was the creation of a passenger transport executive or PTE within larger metropolitan...
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The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968) is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States...
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British Waterways (redirect from British Waterways Act 1995)
many of the closures affecting duplicate routes or branches. The Transport Act 1968 classified the nationalised waterways into three distinct categories...
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The Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates a number of offences against property in England and Wales. On...
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Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive was the operations arm of the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority, created by the Transport Act 1968. and came into...
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The Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It introduced privatised and deregulated bus services throughout Great...
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The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations...
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most significantly by the Transport Act 2000, the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 and the Railways Act 2005. Railways Act 1921 Transport Act 1947...
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Merseytravel (redirect from Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive)
Executive were established as a result of the Transport Act 1968. The authority, which was responsible for transport strategy and policy, included representatives...
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Company) With the coming into effect of the Transport Act 1968 on 1 January 1969, the THC's road transport and shipping interests passed to the National...
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Freightliner Group (category Transport companies based in London)
subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming. It was originally created after the Transport Act 1968 as Freightliner Limited, a British government-owned company. From...
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governments. Bus passenger numbers continued to decline in the 1960s. The Transport Act 1968 was an attempt to rationalise publicly owned bus services and provide...
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The Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that followed the Local Government Act 1972, introducing further...
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to 1970, overseeing railway reforms and the implementation of the Transport Act 1968. When the ministry was merged into the Department for the Environment...
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Greater Manchester (section Transport)
Following the Transport Act 1968, in 1969 the SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive (an authority to co-ordinate and operate public transport in the region)...
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traces its origins to the Transport Act 1968, when the SELNEC (South East Lancashire/North East Cheshire) Passenger Transport Executive was established...
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Beeching cuts (redirect from Beeching Act)
passenger services" (PDF). Transport Act 1968. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 58–60 (in work pp. 66–68). 1968 c. 73. If, in the case of any...
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Bus deregulation in Great Britain (category Bus transport in the United Kingdom)
powers to subsidise bus services when the Transport Act 1968 came into effect. Councils with their own bus transport department could subsidise their own buses...
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auspices of the Greater London Council. Transport Act 1968 United Kingdom portal Transport portal "TRANSPORT (LONDON) ACT 1969 (AMENDMENT) BILL (Hansard)"....
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Chester Canal (redirect from Nantwich Canal Act 1777)
in over 100 years. It was designated as a cruising waterway in the Transport Act 1968, with potential for leisure use, and since then, it has been enjoyed...
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Montgomery Canal (redirect from Llanyblodwell to Newtown Canal Act 1794)
British Transport Commission in 1948 and ultimately to British Waterways in 1963 following the passing of the Transport Act 1962. The Transport Act 1968 classified...
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services, public transport and tourism promotion. These had been organised in 1975 to correspond to one or more regions. The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 was amended...
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referred to as Title II of the federal firearms laws, with the Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") as Title I. All transfers of ownership of registered NFA firearms...
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1977) Post Office Act 1977 s 1(2) created worker directors for the Post Office by amending the Post Office Act 1969. The Transport Act 1968 allowed the secretary...
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Barbara Castle (category Secretaries of state for transport (UK))
necessary but unprofitable railways in the Transport Act 1968. One of her most memorable achievements as Transport minister was to pass legislation decreeing...
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Towpath (category Water transport infrastructure)
becoming public rights of way. Subsequent legislation, such as the Transport Act 1968, which defined the government's obligations to the maintenance of...
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Macclesfield Canal (redirect from Macclesfield Canal Act 1826)
vigorous campaigning and a growing restoration movement resulted in the Transport Act 1968, which secured the future of those canals. The designation of the...
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History of the PTE bus operations (category Bus transport in the United Kingdom)
The first passenger transport executives (PTEs) and passenger transport authorities (PTAs) were established by the Transport Act 1968. The PTEs were local...
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