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In London, a variety of companies run buses under contract to London Buses. They are: companies owned by three of the 'Big Five': Arriva London; Go-Ahead London (London Central, London General, Blue Triangle, Docklands Buses) Stagecoach London (East London, Selkent, Thameside) companies owned by other groups: Transport UK Group (Transport UK ...
The list includes both current and historic entities, private companies and public operators, sub-brands and holding companies and public transport, private hire and tour operators. Contents 0–9
Arriva UK Trains: 88% 21 July 1996: Network SouthEast (Chiltern Division) CH CrossCountry: New CrossCountry 85% 11 November 2007: Central Trains (Birmingham – Stansted), (Cardiff – Nottingham) Virgin CrossCountry: XC East Midlands Railway: East Midlands Transport UK Group: 83% 18 August 2019
In 1962 the BTC's bus companies were transferred to the Transport Holding Company. Then in 1968 BET sold its UK bus companies to the Transport Holding Company. Almost all of the UK bus industry was by then owned by the government under the National Bus Company or by local governments. Bus passenger numbers continued to decline in the 1960s.
A critical issue for the transport sector is its contribution to climate change emissions. Transport became the largest sector of greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. [13] Since 1990 carbon dioxide emissions from transport in the UK have reduced by just 4% compared with an economy-wide reduction of 43%. [13]
The "Big Four" were joint-stock public companies and they continued to run the railway system until 31 December 1947. The growth in road transport during the 1920s and 1930s greatly reduced revenue for the rail companies. Rail companies accused the government of favouring road haulage through the subsidised construction of roads.
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
Public research universities like The Open University offer degrees in transport, logistics, civil engineering and management studies. [ 58 ] Pupils in England can study transport and logistics in apprenticeship studies at further education and sixth form colleges. [ 59 ]