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 authority areas in south east Northumberland and north east County Durham. From Northumberland: * County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne *

County Borough of Tynemouth Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Ty ...

* Municipal Borough of Wallsend *

Municipal Borough of Whitley Bay A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

* Lonbenton Urban District *

Newburn Urban District Newburn is a semi rural parish, former electoral ward and former urban district in western Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. Situated on the North bank of the River Tyne, it is built rising up the valley from the river. It is situa ...

* Seaton Valley Urban District * from Castle Ward Rural District, the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

es of ** Brunswick ** Dinnington ** Hazlerigg ** Heddon-on-the-Wall **

North Gosforth North Gosforth is a suburb and civil parish in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north of the city centre A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart of ...

** Ponteland **

Woolsington Woolsington is a village in, and civil parish of, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is located north-west of the city centre, covering a large geographical area. It was also formerly an electoral ward, although the ward was slightly larger than ...

* from

Hexham Rural District Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the adminis ...

Wylam Wylam is a village and civil parish in the county of Northumberland. It is located about west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is famous for the being the birthplace of George Stephenson, one of the early railway pioneers. George Stephenson's Birt ...

civil parish From County Durham: * County Borough of Gateshead *

County Borough of South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the ...

* Municipal Borough of Jarrow * Blaydon Urban District * Felling Urban District * Hebburn Urban District * Ryton Urban District * Whickham Urban District

Later expansion

On 1 March 1973, the PTE area expanded to include two new local authority areas. From County Durham: *

County Borough of Sunderland County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent ter ...

* Boldon Urban District

Operations

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 (now known as the

Shields Ferry The Shields Ferry operates across the River Tyne, between North Shields and South Shields in Tyne and Wear, England. The service is operated by the Nexus, the Tyne and Wear PTE. Prior to takeover by the PTE in 1972, it was known as the Marke ...

) crossing the River Tyne between North Shields and

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the ...

Replacement

The

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

created the

metropolitan county The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England. There are six metropolitan counties, which each cover large urban areas, with populations between 1 and 3 million. They were created in 1974 and are each di ...

Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcast ...

on 1 April 1974. As a result, the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority was abolished, with the new

Tyne and Wear County Council Tyne and Wear County Council was the county council of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in northeast England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1974 and was abolished on 1 April 1986. The county council was based at Sandyford House in Ne ...

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: * from Castle Ward Rural District, the civil parishes of ** Heddon-on-the-Wall ** Ponteland ::(which became part of Castle Morpeth district) * from Hexham Rural District ** Wylam civil parish ::(which became part of Tynedale district) * Seaton Valley Urban District was split, with three wards remaining in the new Tyne and Wear PTE area (as part of North Tyneside district). The remaining wards were not included in Tyne and Wear and became part of

Blyth Valley Blyth Valley was a local government district and borough in south-east Northumberland, England, bordering the North Sea and Tyne and Wear. The two principal towns were Blyth and Cramlington. Other population centres include Seaton Delav ...

district. * the Municipal Borough of Whitley Bay was also split. Most of the borough formed part of North Tyneside district in Tyne and Wear. The northern section of the borough, the area around Seaton Sluice, was not included in Tyne and Wear and became part of

district.

Areas added

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: * Hetton Urban District * Houghton-le-Spring Urban District * Washington Urban District * from

Chester-le-Street Rural District {{coord, 54.860, -1.574, display=title, region:GB_scale:100000 Chester-le-Street was a rural district in County Durham, England from 1894 to 1974 It surrounded the Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district of Chester-le-Street. ...

, the civil parishes of ** Birtley ** Harraton **

Lamesley Lamesley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742. The village is on the southern outskirts of Gateshead, near to Birtley. T ...

** South Biddick

References

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