Tyneside Passenger Transport Executive

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.

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

Area covered
The original Tyneside PTE area in 1970, with the modern Tyne and Wear boundary overlaid on top.

The initial operating area of the PTE covered a number of local suthority areas in south east Nothumberland and north east Co Durham.[2]

From Northumberland:

  • from Hexham Rural District

From County Durham:

Later expansion
The expanded Tyneside PTE area from 1973, with the modern Tyne and Wear boundary overlaid on top.

On 1 March 1973, the PTE area expanded to include two new local authority areas.[3]

From County Durham:

Operations

Tyneside PTE took over the municipal bus operations of Newcastle Corporation and South Shields Corporation from 1 January 1970[4] and added those of Sunderland Corporation from 1 March 1973. It adopted a livery very similar to that used by Newcastle Transport.

In 1972, it took control of Market Place Ferry (now known as the Shields Ferry) crossing the River Tyne between North Shields and South Shields.

Replacement

The Local Government Act 1972 created the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on 1 April 1974.[5] As a result, the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority was abolished, with the new Tyne and Wear County Council taking over responsibility for that role.[6] The PTE's operating area was altered to coincide with that of the new county, changing to become the Tyne and Wear PTE.

Areas removed

Some places in the Tyneside PTE area were not included in the new county[7] and thus were no longer part of a PTE area:

  • from Castle Ward Rural District, the civil parishes of
    • Heddon-on-the-Wall
    • Ponteland
(which became part of Castle Morpeth district)
  • from Hexham Rural District
    • Wylam civil parish
(which became part of Tynedale district)
  • Seaton Valley Urban District was split, with three wards remaining in the new Tyne and Wear PTE area (as part of North Tyneside district). The remaining wards were not included in Tyne and Wear and became part of Blyth Valley district.
Wards removed from PTE areaWards remaining in PTE area
CramlingtonBackworth
East CramlingtonEarsdon
HartfordShiremoor
Holywell
New Hartley
Newtown
Seaton Delaval
Seghill
  • the Municipal Borough of Whitley Bay was also split. Most of the borough formed part of North Tyneside district in Tyne and Wear. The northern section of the borough, the area around Seaton Sluice, was not included in Tyne and Wear and became part of Blyth Valley district.

Areas added

New areas were incorporated into Tyne and Wear and thus became part of the new Tyne and Wear PTE from 1 April 1974:

From County Durham:

References
  1. "Transport Act 1968", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 28 October 1968, 1968 c. 73, retrieved 1 May 2020
  2. "The Tyneside Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 27 January 1969, SI 1969/96, retrieved 1 May 2020
  3. "The Tyneside Passenger Transport (Designation of Additional Area) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1 February 1973, SI 1973/153, retrieved 1 May 2020
  4. "Tyneside PTE transfer". Commercial Motor. London: Temple Press. 14 November 1969. p. 33. ISSN 0010-3063. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 26 October 1972, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 1 May 2020
  6. "The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Area (Adaptation of Enactments and Instruments) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 17 October 1973, SI 1973/1732, retrieved 1 May 2020
  7. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 21 December 1972, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 1 May 2020
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