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	Transport Act 1947 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the Transport Act 1947 the railways, long-distance road haulage and various other types of transport were acquired by the state and handed over to a British Transport Commission for operation.
		The commission was responsible to the Ministry of Transport for general transport policy, which it exercised principally through financial control of a number of executives set up to manage specified sections of the industry under schemes of delegation.
		All of these transport modes including British Rail were brought under the control of a body called the British Transport Commission (BTC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transport_Act_1947 (586 words)

	british rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, between the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' British railway companies in 1948 until it was privatised in stages between 1994 and 1997.
		The British Railways Board was created in the early 1960s, taking over from the former British Transport Commission which, in addition to the railway, was also responsible for the waterways (canals) and road freight transport.
		Between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s the size of the British rail network was reduced from around 20,000 miles to 12,000 miles as a result of the "Beeching Axe", the cost-cutting review conducted by BR Chairman Dr Richard Beeching.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /British_Rail.html (512 words)

	Journal of Transport History, The: Transport in Britain, 1750-2000: From canal lock to gridlock
		Only the British Transport Commission had integration as one of its objectives in the late 1940s and this came to very little before the Conservative government stripped it of its powers in the 1950s.
		After five chapters on transport modes, chapter 8 describes and explains the nationalisation of the railways by putting it into the context of the political process and structural changes within Britain, for example the formation of the British Transport Commission.
		Where the book leaves something to be desired is on the subject of the 'consumers' of transport, although, it must be admitted, this results largely from the general paucity of research on the subject, for which of course the authors are not to blame.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3884/is_200309/ai_n9252975 (855 words)

	[Transport Bill] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A British Transport Commission, consisting of a chairman and four members, is to be established to provide an efficient, adequate, economical and properly integrated system and to extend and improve it.
		The Commission will take over those road haulage undertakings which were, during 1946, predominantly engaged in ordinary long-distance traffic (carriage for distances of 40 miles or upwards and operating beyond 25 miles) under A or B licences but 'tankers', carriage of livestock, heavy indivisible loads, and household removals are excepted.
		The Commission may direct that none of its canals may be used by anyone for carriage for hire, without licences; it may abandon unnecessary canals.
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1940/ref412.html (351 words)

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		BRITISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS INTRODUCTION The publications of the British government are many and varied, and, fortunately for researchers, they are also well indexed and therefore relatively easy to use.
		Like the documents of other governments, however, British publications are often omitted from standard bibliographic tools, and familiarity with their unique reference aids is a necessity for successful research.
		The British Annual Abstract of Statistics is a compendium of statistical data on a wide variety of subjects for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
	www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/godort/foreign/britemor.txt (5071 words)

	British Transport Films - BTF
		British Transport Films was formed in May 1949 with Edgar Anstey as its first Producer in Charge.
		Their purpose was the making of travelogue films that promoted destinations in town, country and seaside resorts throughout the British Isles, and promoted rail or associated transport as the best means for people to travel to the destinations represented on screen.
		As BTF was indirectly publicly funded through subsidies to the B.T.C. and B.R.B. from 1954, the unit has provided another service to the public in recording three diverse and interesting decades of British way of life and transport.
	www.derby.org /btf/home.html (803 words)

	Schedule 7 — Transport Police...: 26 Nov 2001: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(c) the British Transport Police Committee shall be treated as if it were the police authority maintaining that Force for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) of this section; and the Strategic Rail Authority shall be so treated for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section; and
		(d) "police area", in relation to the British Transport Police Force and the British Transport Police Committee, means those places where members of the British Transport Police Force have the powers, protection and privileges of a constable under section 53(4) of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.
		""British Transport Police Force" means the constables appointed under section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates?id=2001-11-26.784.0 (1014 words)

	Journal of Transport History, The: Michael R Bonavia, 1909-99: An appreciation
		He was already a distinguished transport economist when, in 1945, he joined the London & North Eastern Railway in the office of the Chief General Manager, thus achieving his ambition of serving as a railwayman.
		When the British Transport Staff College was set up in 1959, near Woking, Michael Bonavia was chosen as Director of Studies and the Principal was General W. Williams.
		In 1947-48 he lectured on inland transport as part of a series of University of London lectures on Britain's industrial future, which were published by Europa in 1948.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3884/is_200003/ai_n8902622 (1465 words)

	BTF - British transport Films - Awards
		The purpose of this chapter is to examine some of the films made by BTF in the period from 1950 to 1959, the unit's first decade of operation.
		Transport, be it bus or train, is only seen fleetingly and is hardly alluded to in the film.
		These images may seem optimistic, but the job of a film unit that is encouraging the use of the transport network is to show that network and the places it served at their best, and there can be no argument that BTF has achieved that objective.
	www.derby.org /btf/history/history3.html (3738 words)

	Transport Police (Jurisdiction) Act 1994
		Amendment of the British Transport Commission Act 1949.
		(2) In subsection (1) (which, subject to subsection (2), makes provision for the appointment and jurisdiction of transport police constables and which was amended by the [1993 c. 43.] Railways Act 1993) for the words "subsection (2)" there shall be substituted the words "subsections (1A) and (2)".
		xxix.] British Transport Commission Act 1949 shall, as from the coming into force of this Act, be deemed to have been appointed so to act under that section as amended by this Act.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts1994/Ukpga_19940008_en_1.htm (975 words)

	British Transport Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Transport Commission was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in the UK.
		It was abolished by Harold Macmillan's Conservative government under the Transport Act, 1962, with its railway responsibilities being transferred to the British Railways Board, its waterways responsibilities to the British Waterways Board and road haulage to British Road Services (BRS).
		This page was last modified 10:44, 2 August 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Transport_Commission (104 words)

	mygov.ca - British Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		British government Wednesday lost the crucial House of Commons vote on plans to allow police to hold terror suspects without charge for up to 90 days.
		LAHORE: Muslim Aid, a British based non-government organisation (NGO), has launched an educational program for the October 8 earthquake affected children in the H-11 camp.
		as a compelling reason for former British colony Australia to ditch the constitutional monarchy, which has the Queen as head of state represented by the governor-general.
	www.mygov.ca /British-Government/all/search (299 words)

	Feeder Lines, pt 2
		The Southern Railway / British Transport Commission was created in 1923 by the merger of the London and South Western Railway; London, Brighton and South Coast Railway; and the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies.
		In 1948 the company became part of the British Transport Commission and in 1979 the shipping interests were transferred to Sealink UK Limited.
		The Sealink and Stena Lines took over the ships of the British Transport Commission in 1979, which were resold to Sea Containers Limited in 1984.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/feederswest.html (2639 words)

	The Bus Station - Buses on Screen - in Newsreel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Transport Minister Ernest Marples arrives to open a section of the M6 on what I believe is a Ribble Leyland Leopard/Harrington Cavalier coach, followed by at least four Ribble Leyland Titan PD3 doubledeckers.
		Footage from all angles of a smashed London Transport AEC Renown LT on service 88 nose down in a deep bomb crater - I believe this to be LT669 (GT5056) in Balham, 17 October 40 - two images exist of this in the Hulton Archive.
		Footage of London Transport buses in traffic round Trafalgar square then cuts to the London Transport skid school: AEC Regent STL853 (BXD592) is being used as the training bus.
	www.busstation.net /screen/screenbpn.htm (5956 words)

	O.S. Nock
		The North British had the triangular-shaped spectacle glasses in which the old signalling firm of Stevens and Sons specialised; the Caledonian arms had adjustable spectacles, and in the ‘clear' position they came off to a much steeper angle than those of most other Scottish railways.
		But from the operational point of view one of the most salient characteristics of Scottish signalling, as practised on the Caledonian, North British and Glasgow and South Western Railways, was the use of a truly green glass in the spectacles.
		The Nock and Welch watercolours are very different in style: the former have that relatively washy look that sometimes makes watercolour an inappropriate medium for railway subjects; the latter would be difficult to identify as watercolours and have a quality more akin to oil-paintings as the colour is dense except in highlighted areas.
	www.steamindex.com /library/nock.htm (3504 words)

	SPCC: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was thanks to the railways that the club occupies a former 'coal drop' basin on the Regents Canal built in 1868 to tranship coal from the Midlands to canal boats.
		The basin fell into disuse before the Second World War and was taken over the British Transport Commission as part of the nationalisation of inland waterways in 1948.
		Meetings were held in the cottage of the local lockkeeper Fred Plank until 1962 when SPCC were granted a lease from the newly formed British Waterways Board on a workshop building at the basin.
	members.aol.com /malbabs/history.html (585 words)

	screenonline: British Transport Films
		The Commission had found itself the perfect Producer in Charge in the shape of
		created a legacy for the generations of documentary film and transport enthusiasts to come.
		There is an undeniable charm to the films; indeed, pick any title and it is immediately evident that the people who worked on it and appear in it had a real belief in and affection for the work they were doing.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/445275 (465 words)

	Historic British Transport Commission Films
		To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the British Transport Commission establishing a film section, bfi Videos are releasing three volumes of British Transport Films, each containing four to six digitally re-mastered titles.
		The British Transport Films are not merely captivating pieces of nostalgia, but acclaimed pieces of film-making.
		A season of British Transport Films was shown during May '99 at the National Film Theatre: Sell-out screenings indicated that the demand for these titles remains as strong as ever.
	www.webtech.co.uk /btf/page2.html (607 words)

	British Transport Police Federation
		By now the police forces inherited by the railway, docks and inland waterway executives had been welded into the 3,700 strong British Transport Police.
		The Transport Act of 1947 required the setting up of a British Transport Police Conference consisting of an equal number of British Transport Commission and of members of the police forces or the Commission.
		All questions relating to the rates of pay, hours of duty and conditions of service of the members of those forces were to be referred to it, and in the event of disagreement, an independent chairman with power to give binding decisions was to be appointed.
	www.btpolfed.org.uk /about/history5.htm (252 words)

	Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 487 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(b) section 124 of the Transport Act 1968[3](insofar as it applies to Scotland).
		(3) Section 40 of the British Transport Commission Act 1954[4]is hereby repealed.
		Regulation 2 repeals section 40 of the British Transport Commission Act 1954, section 66 of the British Transport Commission Act 1957 and section 124 of the Transport Act 1968.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1997/97048701.htm (1494 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 86009671 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Commissioned by the British Railways Board and based on the Board's extensive archives, it breaks new ground in analysing fully the dynamics of nationalised industry management and, in particular, the complexities of the vital relationship with government.
		After exploring the origins of nationalisation, the book deals with the organisation, financial performance, investment and commercial policies of the British Transport Commission (1948-2), Railway Executive (1948-53) and British Railways Board (1963-73).
		This business history thus represents a major contribution not only to the debate about the role of the railways in a modem economy but also to that concerning the nationalised industries, which have proved to be one of the most enduring problems of the British economy since the War.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/cam032/86009671.html (225 words)

	Observations of the British Transport Commission and the Minister of Transport: British Railways: special report from ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This Select Committee was established in order to examine the reports and accounts of those nationalised industries set up by Statute, whose controlling boards are appointed by Government Ministers, and who derive most of their money from non-government sources.
		In this report, the Committee publishes the observations of the British Transport Commission and of the Minister of Transport on its report on British Railways (HC 254, 1959-60)
		Observations of the B.T.C. and the Minister of Transport
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1955/ref432.html (135 words)

	British Transport Police (Scottish Area) Primary Inspection: page 4
		i. In February 2000, the British Transport Police Committee invited Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) for Scotland to inspect British Transport Police (BTP) Scottish Area.
		To provide the British Transport Police Committee with a report on the effectiveness of the policing service provided by the British Transport Police, Scottish Area, with particular regard to the railway industry and rail passengers; and
		To examine and report on the effectiveness of the existing interfaces between British Transport Police, Scottish Area and Scottish Police forces, identifying appropriate areas for improvement.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /hmic/docs/rbtp-04.asp (708 words)

	Articles - Chasewater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Legislation to close the canal was enacted in 1954.
		Brownhills Urban District Council purchased Norton Pool in 1956 for Â£5,600 which was for a total area of 272 acres (1 kmÂ²) and 2 cottages, from the British Transport Commission and renamed it Chasewater.
		The surrounding area is designated as a country park.
	www.foreverc.com /articles/Chasewater (173 words)

	Feeder Lines, pt 3
		Private railway company fleets were nationalised and came under the British Transport Commission in 1948.
		The British Transport Ship Management (Scotland) Limited company was created in 1969 to operate Stranraer-Larne passenger services.
		It became part of the British Transport Commission in 1948.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/feeders3.html (585 words)

	bfi \| Books&Videos \| British Transport Films Volume 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These fascinating films entertain just as much as they inform and will appeal equally to film historians, transport enthusiasts and anyone wishing to catch a rare glimpse of a Britain rapidly vanishing from the present day.
		Following the post-war thirst for visual teaching and educational entertainment and the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production and distribution unit in 1949.
		Edgar Anstey OBE, one of the pioneers of British documentary films, led the BTF unit for 25 years and it occupied a prestigious position alongside the Shell Film Unit and the National Coal Board Film Unit, winning over 200 film awards including an Oscar in 1966.
	www.filmsonoffer.net /booksvideo/video/details/btf/dvd.html (249 words)

	fukbtp
		The force can trace its history back to 1825, but essentially it began with the formation of the first 'Railway Police' shortly after the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
		Each railway company recruited its own constabulary, but with the unification of the railways in 1949 came the formation of the British Transport Commission Police.
		In 1962, the name was changed to The British Transport Police.
	groups.msn.com /fukbtp/whatisbtp.msnw (441 words)

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