Permanent historical factsheet

Transport Act

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1962–1985Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1962

Harold Macmillan1962

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Transport Act 1962 reorganises nationalised transport and creates the British Railways Board

1985

Margaret Hilda Thatcher1985

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Transport Act 1985 deregulates local bus services and changes public transport arrangements

Names involved

Harold MacmillanMargaret Hilda Thatcher

Provenance

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