Transport Holding Company

Transport Holding Company
Company typeStatutory corporation[i]
PredecessorBritish Transport Commission[ii]
Founded1 September 1962; 62 years ago (1962-09-01)[iii]
Defunct31 March 1973; 51 years ago (1973-03-31)[5]
FateDissolved[iv]
SuccessorNational Freight Corporation[v]

The Transport Holding Company (THC) was a British Government-owned company created by the Transport Act 1962 to administer a range of state-owned transport, travel and engineering companies that were previously managed by the British Transport Commission (BTC). It came into existence on 1 September 1962,[iii] with certain assets of the BTC vested in it on 1 January 1963.[ii]

  1. ^ a b Transport Act 1962, section 29 (as originally enacted). Available from legislation.gov.uk. Accessed 3 November 2022.
  2. ^ Transport Act 1962, section 31 (as originally enacted). Available from legislation.gov.uk. Accessed 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ The Transport Act 1962 (Vesting Date) Order 1962, paragraph 1. Available from legislation.gov.uk. Accessed 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ The Transport Act 1962 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1962, paragraph 1. Available from legislation.gov.uk. Accessed 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b The Transport Holding Company (Dissolution) Order 1973, paragraph 3(1). Available from legislation.gov.uk. Accessed 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ The Transport Holding Company (Dissolution) Order 1973, preamble. Available from legislation.gov.uk. Accessed 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ The Transport Holding Company (Dissolution) Order 1973, paragraph 2(1). Available from legislation.gov.uk. Accessed 3 November 2022.


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