Transport Act 1962
The Transport Act 1962 was in 1962 by the British government under Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan erwirktes law to partially re privatization of the railways .
The British Transport Commission (BTC) established with the Transport Act 1947 was dissolved and the British Railways Board was established on January 1, 1963 . At the end of 1960 British Rail had an accumulated deficit of around £ 500 million. With the Transport Act 1962 the rail transport should be partially privatized again. The Transport Act 1962 resulted in the almost immediate closure of a third of the rail routes in Great Britain.
At the same time, responsibility for the waterways was transferred to the British Waterways Board .
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- ^ "Reorganization of the Nationalized Transport Undertakings" . (PDF) In: Government White Paper, Cmnd. 1248 . December 1960, p. Para. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2007.