Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive

Tyneside PTE
Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive

Preserved bus wearing Tyneside PTE livery
Agency overview
Formed1 January 1970 (1970-01-01)
Preceding agencies
  • Newcastle Transport
  • South Shields Transport
  • Sunderland Transport
Dissolved31 March 1974 (1974-03-31)
Superseding agency
TypePassenger Transport Executive
Jurisdiction
Parent agencyTyneside Passenger Transport Authority

The Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive was the operations arm of the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority, created by the Transport Act 1968.[1] and came into operation on 1 January 1970.

  1. ^ "Transport Act 1968", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 28 October 1968, 1968 c. 73, retrieved 1 May 2020