Ulster Transport Authority
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| Industry | bus and railway operator |
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| Fate | demerged |
| Predecessor | Northern Ireland Road Transport Board; Belfast and County Down Railway; Northern Counties Committee; Great Northern Railway |
| Successor | Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company; Northern Ireland Railways; Ulsterbus |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Defunct | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Area served
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Northern Ireland |
The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland from 1948 until 1966.
The UTA was formed by the Transport Act 1948, which merged the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (NIRTB) and the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR). Added to this in 1949 was the Northern Counties Committee (NCC), owned by the British Transport Commission's Railway Executive since its previous owner, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), had been nationalised in 1948.
In January 1950 the UTA closed almost the entire BCDR network except the Queen's Quay, Belfast – Bangor commuter line. In the same year it closed the Macfin – Kilrea section of the former NCC's Derry Central Railway and the freight-only former NCC line from Limavady to Dungiven. It also withdrew passenger services from the former NCC branch lines to Cookstown, Draperstown and Limavady and the Magherafelt – Kilrea section of the Derry Central. That summer it closed Northern Ireland's last 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge lines: the Ballycastle Railway and the Ballymena and Larne Railway.
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