Transport Holding Company
British state-owned transport company, 1962–1973 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Transport Holding Company (THC) was a British Government-owned company created by the Transport Act 1962 to administer a range of state-owned transport, travel and engineering companies that were previously managed by the British Transport Commission (BTC). It came into existence on 1 September 1962,[lower-roman 3] with certain assets of the BTC vested in it on 1 January 1963.[lower-roman 2]
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Company type | Statutory corporation[lower-roman 1] |
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Predecessor | British Transport Commission[lower-roman 2] |
Founded | 1 September 1962; 61 years ago (1962-09-01)[lower-roman 3] |
Defunct | 31 March 1973; 51 years ago (1973-03-31)[5] |
Fate | Dissolved[lower-roman 4] |
Successor | National Freight Corporation[lower-roman 5] |
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