Transport Act 1947

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom UK transport legislation

The Transport Act 1947 was a major piece of post-war British legislation that nationalised the country’s railways, long-distance road haulage, and other key transport services, creating the British Transport Commission.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Transport Act 1947 canonical	17
British Transport Commission Act	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ UK transport legislation ⓘ
abolishedEntities	Great Western Railway ⓘ London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ Southern Railway (UK) ⓘ surface form: Southern Railway
aimedTo	coordinate transport services under public ownership ⓘ nationalise long-distance road haulage in Great Britain ⓘ nationalise railways in Great Britain ⓘ
citation	10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 49 ⓘ
componentOf	post-war nationalisation programme in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
created	British Transport Commission ⓘ
effect	abolition of the Big Four railway companies ⓘ creation of a unified, publicly owned transport system in Great Britain ⓘ
establishedBody	British Transport Commission ⓘ
followedBy	Transport Act 1953 ⓘ
government	Attlee government ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post-World War II Britain ⓘ
implementedAs	nationalisation of the Big Four railway companies ⓘ
introducedBy	Herbert Morrison ⓘ
jurisdiction	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
language	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act to provide for the establishment of a British Transport Commission and for the transfer to that Commission of undertakings and property of certain transport undertakings and for purposes connected therewith ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment	George VI ⓘ
policyArea	economic planning ⓘ public ownership ⓘ
politicalPartySupport	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy	Railways Act 1921 ⓘ
providedFor	transfer of canals and inland waterways to public ownership ⓘ transfer of certain docks and harbours to public ownership ⓘ transfer of long-distance road haulage undertakings to public ownership ⓘ transfer of railway undertakings to public ownership ⓘ
region	Great Britain ⓘ
relatedTo	British Rail ⓘ surface form: British Railways British Road Services ⓘ Canal & River Trust ⓘ surface form: British Waterways
royalAssent	6 August 1947 ⓘ
sector	transport ⓘ
shortTitle	Transport Act 1947 self-link ⓘ
subject	canals and inland waterways in Great Britain ⓘ docks and harbours in Great Britain ⓘ nationalisation of transport ⓘ rail transport in Great Britain ⓘ road haulage in Great Britain ⓘ
yearEnacted	1947 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attlee government → implementedPolicy → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

British Rail → legislatedBy → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 → relatedTo → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Transport Act 1947 → shortTitle → Transport Act 1947 self-link ⓘ

Electricity Act 1947 → relatedLegislation → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Gas Act 1948 → relatedTo → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Iron and Steel Act 1949 → relatedTo → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Railways Act 1921 → followedBy → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Big Four (British railway companies) → regulatingAct → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

British Transport Commission → legalBasis → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

British Road Services → formedUnderAct → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Transport Act 1953 → amends → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Transport Act 1953 → predecessor → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Grouping Act → relatedTo → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Big Four → dissolutionEvent → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Docks and Inland Waterways Executive → legalBasis → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

Railway Executive → legalBasis → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

British Transport Advertising → operatedWithinFrameworkOf → Transport Act 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Transport Commission Act