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Passenger transport executive

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In the United Kingdom, passenger transport executives (PTEs) are local government bodies which are responsible for public transport within large urban areas. [1]

66 relations: Accountability, Barbara Castle, Bus, Bus deregulation in Great Britain, Combined authority, Conurbation, Counties of Norway, Counties of Sweden, County council, Coventry, England, Ferry, Germany, Glasgow, Glasgow Subway, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, History of the PTE bus operations, Leeds, Light rail, Liverpool City Region, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Local Government Act 1972, Local Government Act 1985, Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Local government in the United Kingdom, Local Transport Act 2008, Local transport plan, London Buses, Merseytravel, Metropolitan borough, Metropolitan county, Municipal bus company, Non-metropolitan county, North East Combined Authority, Norway, Norwegian State Railways, Public service obligation, Public transport, Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, South Yorkshire, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Strathclyde, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, Subsidy, Sunderland, Sweden, Transit district, Transport Act 1968, ..., Transport Act 2000, Transport for Greater Manchester, Transport for London, Transport for West Midlands, Tyne and Wear, Tyne and Wear Metro, Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, Unitary authority, United Kingdom, Urban Transport Group, West Midlands (county), West Midlands Combined Authority, West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Metro. Expand index (16 more) »

Accountability

In ethics and governance, accountability is answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving.

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Barbara Castle

Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT (née Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons, until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody.

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Bus

A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers.

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Bus deregulation in Great Britain

Bus deregulation in Great Britain was the transfer of operation of bus services from public bodies to private companies as legislated by the Transport Act 1985.

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Combined authority

A combined authority is a type of local government institution introduced in England outside Greater London by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

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Conurbation

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area.

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Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 18 administrative regions, called counties (singular fylke, plural fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk) from Old Norse: fylki from the word "folk"); until 1918, they were known as amter.

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Counties of Sweden

The counties of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the top-level geographic subdivisions of Sweden.

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County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ferry

A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is an underground metro line in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2,782,100.

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Greater Manchester Combined Authority

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is the combined authority of Greater Manchester, England.

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History of the PTE bus operations

The Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) bus operations were the bus operating divisions of the passenger transport executives in the United Kingdom.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Light rail

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is a form of urban rail transport using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.

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Liverpool City Region

The Liverpool City Region is an economic and political area of England centred on Liverpool, which also incorporates the local authority districts of Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.

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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is the combined authority of the Liverpool City Region, an area that covers the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the adjacent Borough of Halton in North West England.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Local Government Act 1985

The Local Government Act 1985 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

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Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

The Local Government etc.

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Local government in the United Kingdom

Local government in the United Kingdom has origins that pre-date the United Kingdom itself, as each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has its own separate system.

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Local Transport Act 2008

The Local Transport Act 2008 (c 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Local transport plan

Local transport plans, divided into full local transport plans (LTP) and local implementation plans for transport (LIP) are an important part of transport planning in England.

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London Buses

London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages bus services within Greater London.

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Merseytravel

Merseytravel is the passenger transport executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the Liverpool City Region, North West England.

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Metropolitan borough

A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county.

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Metropolitan county

The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England.

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Municipal bus company

A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the local government authority.

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Non-metropolitan county

A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a county-level entity in England that is not a metropolitan county.

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North East Combined Authority

The North East Combined Authority is a combined authority that covers most of the North East region of England.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Norwegian State Railways

Norges Statsbaner AS, trading as NSB AS and known in English as the Norwegian State Railways, is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services in Norway.

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Public service obligation

In the context of European Union law, a public service obligation or PSO means an obligation imposed on an organisation by legislation or contract to provide a service of general interest within the European Union territories.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, or mass transit) is transport of passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Sheffield City Region Combined Authority

The Sheffield City Region Combined Authority (formally the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority) is the combined authority for South Yorkshire in England, with powers over transport (public transport and major trunk roads only), economic development and regeneration.

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South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England.

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South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

The South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive is the passenger transport executive for South Yorkshire in England.

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Strathclyde

Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic, meaning "strath (valley) of the River Clyde") was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a passenger transport executive responsible for planning and coordinating regional transport, especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland.

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Subsidy

A subsidy is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (or institution, business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a city at the centre of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 miles northeast of Durham, 101 miles southeast of Edinburgh, 104 miles north-northeast of Manchester, 77 miles north of Leeds, and 240 miles north-northwest of London.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Transit district

A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region.

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Transport Act 1968

The Transport Act 1968 (1968 c.73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Transport Act 2000

The Transport Act 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Transport for Greater Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating transport services throughout Greater Manchester, in North West England.

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Transport for London

Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London, England.

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Transport for West Midlands

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating transport services in the West Midlands metropolitan county in England.

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Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East region of England around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear.

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Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, referred to locally as simply The Metro, is a rapid transit and light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland in the Tyne and Wear region.

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Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive

Nexus is the passenger transport executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Urban Transport Group

The Urban Transport Group is a British transport organisation created in 2016, replacing the former Passenger Transport Executive Group.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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West Midlands Combined Authority

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is a combined authority for the West Midlands metropolitan county in England.

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West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive

The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) was the public body responsible for public transport in the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom from 1969 until 2016.

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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England.

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West Yorkshire Combined Authority

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) is the combined authority for West Yorkshire in England.

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West Yorkshire Metro

Metro is the passenger information brand used by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_transport_executive

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