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Transport Act

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

3Records
1947–1968Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1947

Alfred Barnes1947

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Transport Act 1947 nationalises railways, long distance road haulage, and other transport undertakings

1968

Barbara Anne Castle Blackburn1968

Government / Labour Party Government

Introduces the first Government subsidies for socially necessary but unprofitable railways in the Transport Act

Harold Wilson1968

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Transport Act 1968 restructures transport industries and creates passenger transport authorities

Names involved

Alfred BarnesBarbara Anne Castle BlackburnHarold Wilson

Provenance

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