Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives
The Act also allowed the formation of passenger transport authorities to co-ordinate and operate public transport in large conurbations. The authorities were to be made up of councilors from the various local authorities in the area, while the executives were to be the operators of public transport: for the most part taking over the existing local authority bus fleets. Following consultation the following PTAs/PTEs were established under the Act:
- West Midlands on 1 October 1969
- SELNEC (South East Lancashire North East Cheshire) on 1 November 1969
- Merseyside on 1 December 1969
- Tyneside on 1 January 1970
- Greater Glasgow on 1 June 1973 (also operated the Glasgow Subway)
Read more about this topic: Transport Act 1968
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