A sub-national transport body (STBs) is a type of ad hoc statutory transport governance organisation in the United Kingdom. They are intended to provide strategic transport governance at a much larger scale than existing local transport authorities, by grouping councils together. In 2016 the

Local Transport Act 2008 The Local Transport Act 2008 (c 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 134 - Commencement Orders made under this section:The Local Transport Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009(S.I. 2009/ ...

was amended by the

Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to introduce directly elected mayors to combined local authorities in England and Wales and to devolve housing, transport, pla ...

to allow the creation of sub-national transport bodies. The first such body created was

Transport for the North Transport for the North (TfN) is the first statutory sub-national transport body in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2018 to make the case for strategic transport improvements across the North of England. Creating this body represented an ...

. Typically a sub-national transport body exists in a shadow form before being put on a statutory footing by secondary legislation. Sub-national transport bodies produce transport strategies for their areas. Current sub-national transport bodies are: *

England's Economic Heartland England's Economic Heartland Strategic Alliance is one of seven sub-national transport bodies in England. EEH is a partnership of councils and local enterprise partnerships, stretching from Swindon and Oxfordshire in the west to Cambridgeshire in th ...

(pre-statutory basis) *

Midlands Connect The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a part of England that broadly correspond to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by Wales, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the Ind ...

(pre-statutory basis) *

Transport East Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land ( rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

(pre-statutory basis) *

(statutory basis since 1 April 2018) *

Transport for the South East Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land ( rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

(pre-statutory basis, formal application submitted) * Western Gateway (pre-statutory basis) * Peninsula Transport (pre-statutory basis) - Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Additionally there have been proposals for sub-national transport bodies covering West Anglia and the South West.

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