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.and came into operation on 1 January 1970.

Area covered

The initial operating area of the PTE covered a number of local suthority areas in south east Nothumberland and north east Co Durham.
From Northumberland:
From County Durham:
On 1 March 1973, the PTE area expanded to include two new local authority areas.
From County Durham:
Tyneside PTE took over the municipal bus operations of Newcastle Corporation and South Shields Corporation from 1 January 1970 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 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. As a result, the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority was abolished, with the new Tyne and Wear County Council taking over responsibility for that role. 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 and thus were no longer part of a PTE area:
Wards removed from PTE areaWards remaining in PTE area
CramlingtonBackworth
East CramlingtonEarsdon
HartfordShiremoor
Holywell
New Hartley
Newtown
Seaton Delaval
Seghill

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: