British Transport Commission
Other Business Names:
- British Railways Board
- British Waterways Board
- British Transport Docks Board
- London Transport Board
- Transport Holding Co
- Tilling, Thomas, Ltd
- Balfour Beatty
- Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd
- Railway Executive
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
General transport services
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Transport services
Inland navigations services
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Transport services
Port & harbour services
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Transport services
Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
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Transport services
Road haulage, carrier & carting services
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Transport services
Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn
Notes:
Established 1948 to hold nationalised transport assets - railways, canals, road haulage, road passenger transport, certain ports, London Passenger Transport Board, etc - and operate them as an integrated transport system. These included assets of the four major railway companies, Thomas Tilling, Scottish Motor Traction and Balfour Beatty. Within the Commission, the railways were managed by the Railway Executive until 1953. Largely unsuccessful and wound up 1962/3 when responsibilities assumed by British Railways Board, British Waterways Board, British Transport Docks Board, London Transport Board and Transport Holding Co
Publications:
- Birth of British Rail by Bonavia, Michael R
- British Rail. The first 25 years by Bonavia, Michael R
- British Railways, 1948-1973. A business history by Gourvish, Terry
- British Railways in Transition. The economic problems of Britain's railways since 1914 by Aldcroft, Derek H
- British Transport Commission, 1948-1962 by Steel, D R
- British Transport Commissions's Archives. Work done since 1953 by Johnson, L C
- Historical Records of the British Transport Commission by Johnson, L C
- Man of the Rail by Pearson, Arthur J
- Nationalisation of British Transport. The early history of the British Transport Commission, 1948-1953 by Bonavia, Michael R
- Organisation of British Railways by Bonavia, Michael R
- Rise and Fall of the British Documentary. The story of the film movement founded by John Grierson by Sussex, Elizabeth
- Scottish Records of the British Transport Commission by Simmons, Jack
- Sources for history in the railway records of the British Transport Historical Archives by Fowkes, E H
- Twenty Years of Nationalisation. The British experience by Kelf-Cohen, R
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- British Railways Board
- British Waterways Board
- British Transport Docks Board
- London Transport Board
- Transport Holding Co
- Tilling, Thomas, Ltd
- Balfour Beatty
- Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd
- Railway Executive
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Transport services General transport services
- Transport services Inland navigations services
- Transport services Port & harbour services
- Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
- Transport services Road haulage, carrier & carting services
- Transport services Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn
Notes:
Established 1948 to hold nationalised transport assets - railways, canals, road haulage, road passenger transport, certain ports, London Passenger Transport Board, etc - and operate them as an integrated transport system. These included assets of the four major railway companies, Thomas Tilling, Scottish Motor Traction and Balfour Beatty. Within the Commission, the railways were managed by the Railway Executive until 1953. Largely unsuccessful and wound up 1962/3 when responsibilities assumed by British Railways Board, British Waterways Board, British Transport Docks Board, London Transport Board and Transport Holding CoPublications:
- Birth of British Rail by Bonavia, Michael R
- British Rail. The first 25 years by Bonavia, Michael R
- British Railways, 1948-1973. A business history by Gourvish, Terry
- British Railways in Transition. The economic problems of Britain's railways since 1914 by Aldcroft, Derek H
- British Transport Commission, 1948-1962 by Steel, D R
- British Transport Commissions's Archives. Work done since 1953 by Johnson, L C
- Historical Records of the British Transport Commission by Johnson, L C
- Man of the Rail by Pearson, Arthur J
- Nationalisation of British Transport. The early history of the British Transport Commission, 1948-1953 by Bonavia, Michael R
- Organisation of British Railways by Bonavia, Michael R
- Rise and Fall of the British Documentary. The story of the film movement founded by John Grierson by Sussex, Elizabeth
- Scottish Records of the British Transport Commission by Simmons, Jack
- Sources for history in the railway records of the British Transport Historical Archives by Fowkes, E H
- Twenty Years of Nationalisation. The British experience by Kelf-Cohen, R