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THROUGH THE TROUBLES TO TODAY
| 题名： | THROUGH THE TROUBLES TO TODAY |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | PAUL SAVAGE |
| 摘要： | Belfast in the early 1970s wasn't the best place to be running buses, but run they did despite the disruption caused by what is now referred to as The Troubles, which had erupted in August 1969 with street disturbances including rioting, hijacking, burning, bombing and shooting. Belfast Corporation's Transport Department (BCT) was the main provider of city bus services and bore the brunt of much of the street violence, losing 94 buses between August 15,1969 and March 10,1973. Services outside Belfast, including to the new housing developments on the city's outskirts, were in the hands of Ulsterbus, which had taken over the ailing bus operations of the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) on April 17,1967 and which was led by the inimitable Werner Heubeck who, along with his new management team, had begun to turn losses into profits. The new company, too, suffered attacks and destruction, losing 139 buses between its creation and the end of March 1973. The Troubles, which decimated Belfast nightlife, along with increased car ownership and changing social trends, were having a serious effect on the Corporation Transport Department's revenue and profitability. In September 1972, the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, William Whitelaw MP, approved plans for the merger of the Corporation Transport Department and Ulsterbus Limited with all Corporation vehicles, staff, premises and services coming under the control of Ulsterbus's parent company, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC), and trading as Citybus. The date set for the merger was April 1,1973, but NITHC didn't actually take control until the following day. A new limited company was to be created then, but legal complications meant that Citybus Limited didn't come into existence until April 1975. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 75 |
| 期： | 818 |
| 页码： | 50-55 |
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