Structure
The Commission was established pursuant to the Public Transport Commission Act 1972 (NSW) and led to the abolition of the offices of Commissioner for Railways and Commissioner for Public Transport.
The Act facilitated the merger of the Department of Railways and the Department of Government Transport, the latter being the agency that operated government bus services in Sydney and Newcastle. From December 1974 ferries were added to its responsibility when the Sydney Harbour Transport Board was dissolved. This coincided with government taking over the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company.
In July 1980 the Public Transport Commission was dissolved with the State Rail Authority assuming responsibility for rail services and the Urban Transit Authority responsibility for bus and ferry services through the enactment of the Transport Authorities Act 1980 (NSW).
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