BUS DEREGULATION IN GREAT BRITAIN: A REVIEW OF THE OPENING STAGES

The Transport Act 1985 abolished quantity control of bus services in Great Britain and allowed subsidy to be paid for bus services only after competitive tendering. The report has three principal sections: the first describes the "commercial" services which operators proposed to run without subsidy; the second gives an account of the way local authorities planned; and the third discusses the effectiveness of the resulting combined pattern of bus services.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • BALCOMBE, R J
  • Hopkin, J M
  • PERRETT, K E
  • CLOUGH, W S
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • TRRL RESEARCH REPORT
  • Issue Number: 107
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-5247

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bids; Bus transit; Subsidies; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00473304
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 30 1987 12:00AM