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The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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 from 1948 until 1966.

The UTA was formed by the 1948 Transport Act (NI), which merged the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (NIRTB) and the Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast and County Down Railway

The Belfast and County Down Railway was a railway in Northern Ireland linking Belfast south-eastwards into County Down. It was built in the 19th century, absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948 and all but the line from Belfast to Bangor, Northern Ireland was closed in 1950....
 (BCDR). Added to this in 1949 was the Northern Counties Committee
Northern Counties Committee

The Northern Counties Committee was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. Originally constructed to the Irish standard gauge of 5 ft 3 in , a number of 3 ft 0 in narrow gauge lines were acquired later....
 (NCC), owned by the Railway Executive since its previous owners, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a United Kingdom railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping of over 300 separate railway companies into just four....
 (LMS), had been nationalised into British Railways in 1948.

Quite substantial closures took place, including all but one line of the Belfast and County Down Railway.






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The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
 from 1948 until 1966.

The UTA was formed by the 1948 Transport Act (NI), which merged the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (NIRTB) and the Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast and County Down Railway

The Belfast and County Down Railway was a railway in Northern Ireland linking Belfast south-eastwards into County Down. It was built in the 19th century, absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948 and all but the line from Belfast to Bangor, Northern Ireland was closed in 1950....
 (BCDR). Added to this in 1949 was the Northern Counties Committee
Northern Counties Committee

The Northern Counties Committee was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. Originally constructed to the Irish standard gauge of 5 ft 3 in , a number of 3 ft 0 in narrow gauge lines were acquired later....
 (NCC), owned by the Railway Executive since its previous owners, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a United Kingdom railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping of over 300 separate railway companies into just four....
 (LMS), had been nationalised into British Railways in 1948.

Quite substantial closures took place, including all but one line of the Belfast and County Down Railway. In 1958 the Great Northern Railway Board
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

The Great Northern Railway was an Ireland railway company formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway , Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway....
 (GNR(I)), one of two remaining railways that crossed the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, was split between Córas Iompair Éireann
Córas Iompair Éireann

C?ras Iompair ?ireann is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for the provision of most public transport services in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and Northern I...
 (CIE, the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
's nationalised railway system) and the UTA. The UTA took over the GNR system in Northern Ireland, but by 1965 they had closed down more than half of it.

Transport Acts in 1967 saw the organisation split into road and rail operations, the bus operations being taken over by a new company called Ulsterbus
Ulsterbus

Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside of Belfast. It is part of Translink , which also includes Northern Ireland Railways, Metro and Flexibus....
 in the same year. The rail operations temporarily became Ulster Transport Railways (UTR) before being taken over by Northern Ireland Railways
Northern Ireland Railways

NI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways and for a brief period of time, Ulster Transport Railways , is the railway operator in Northern Ireland....
 (NIR) in 1968.

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