British Transport Commission

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The British Transport Commission was a UK government body established after World War II to oversee and manage the nationalised railways, road transport, and inland waterways across Britain.

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Generate an image of the British Transport Commission (The British Transport Commission was a UK government body established after World War II to oversee and manage the nationalised railways, road transport, and inland waterways across Britain.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
nationalised industry ⓘ
statutory corporation ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
chairperson Sir Cyril Hurcomb ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganisation of nationalised transport ⓘ
dissolved 1962 ⓘ
fieldOfWork inland waterways ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
followedBy sector-based transport boards ⓘ
hasPart British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

British Road Services ⓘ
British Transport Advertising ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
inception 1948 ⓘ
industry transport ⓘ
jurisdiction Great Britain ⓘ
legalBasis Transport Act 1947 ⓘ
locatedInTime post-war period ⓘ
owned British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

British Road Services ⓘ
Docks and Inland Waterways Executive ⓘ
London Transport Executive ⓘ
Railway Executive ⓘ
Road Transport Executive ⓘ
shipping services associated with British Railways ⓘ
parentOrganization UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
purpose coordination of nationalised transport services ⓘ
management of inland waterways ⓘ
management of nationalised railways ⓘ
management of nationalised road haulage ⓘ
regulates integrated transport policy for nationalised sectors ⓘ
replaced Big Four railway companies ⓘ
private canal and waterway undertakings ⓘ
private road haulage undertakings ⓘ
replacedBy British Railways Board ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

British Waterways Board ⓘ
linked to: Canal & River Trust

London Transport Board ⓘ
Transport Holding Company ⓘ
significantEvent nationalisation of British railways in 1948 ⓘ
subordinateUnit Docks and Inland Waterways Executive ⓘ
London Transport Executive ⓘ
Railway Executive ⓘ
Road Transport Executive ⓘ

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway → nationalisedInto → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Rail → predecessor → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Transport Act 1947 → created → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Transport Act 1947 → establishedBody → British Transport Commission ⓘ
LMS Princess Royal Class → operatorPeriod → British Railways 1948–1962 ⓘ
linked to: British Transport Commission
LMS → nationalisedInto → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Railways Western Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Modernisation Plan of the 1950s → implementedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Modernisation Plan of the 1950s → announcedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Rail first-generation DMUs → introducedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Road Services → ownedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Road Services → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Road Services → regulator → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Transport Act 1953 → relatedTo → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Rail Eastern Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives → administrativeBody → British Transport Commission ⓘ
London Passenger Transport Board → succeededBy → British Transport Commission (for oversight) ⓘ
linked to: British Transport Commission
London Midland Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Railways London Midland Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Rail steam locomotives → ownedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Railways Scottish Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
London Transport Board → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Transport Holding Company → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Transport Holding Company → foundedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Transport Holding Company → owned → British Electric Traction bus interests (partly, after acquisition of shares) ⓘ
linked to: British Transport Commission
Docks and Inland Waterways Executive → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Docks and Inland Waterways Executive → supervisedBy → British Transport Commission Docks and Inland Waterways Committee ⓘ
linked to: British Transport Commission
Road Transport Executive → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Railway Executive → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Railway Executive → subordinateTo → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Railway Executive → jurisdiction → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Railway Executive → partOf → British transport nationalization programme ⓘ
linked to: British Transport Commission
Railway Executive → supervisedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Transport Advertising → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Transport Advertising → operatedUnder → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Sir Cyril Hurcomb → employer → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Southern Region (historical) → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Railways Modernisation Plan → author → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Railways Modernisation Plan → publisher → British Transport Commission ⓘ
National Freight Corporation → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
British Road Services → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: BRS
Transport Act 1962 → reorganised → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Transport Act 1962 → abolished → British Transport Commission ⓘ
BR Eastern Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
Eastern Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: ER
British Rail Class 37 → introducedBy → British Transport Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: Tractor
National Bus Company → predecessor → British Transport Commission bus operations ⓘ
linked to: British Transport Commission
Eastern Region → parentOrganization → British Transport Commission ⓘ