A Class 156 train in SPT livery at Glasgow Central Station

The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a public body which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. This includes responsibility for operating Glasgow's Subway, the third oldest in the world after the London and Budapest underground railways. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 807 KB) A Class 156 in SPT livery in Glasgow Central station. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 807 KB) A Class 156 in SPT livery in Glasgow Central station. ... Class 156, no. ... The Heilanmans Umbrella Inside Glasgow Central, looking south east across the main concourse Inside Glasgow Central, looking north east across the main concourse Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two main-line railway stations in Glasgow, Scotland. ... // Executive Bodies The Scottish Executive is responsible for the following Executive NDPBs: Accounts Commission for Scotland Bòrd Gàidhlig na h-Alba Cairngorms National Park Authority Crofters Commission Deer Commission for Scotland Highlands & Islands Enterprise Learning & Teaching Scotland National Galleries of Scotland National Library of Scotland National Museums of... Skytrain Bangkok. ... Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... A train arrives at West Street station. ... The Tube redirects here. ... The Budapest Metro is the fastest means of public transport in Budapest. ... Metro and Subway redirect here. ...

History

SPT was first set up as Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive' in 1972 to take over the Glasgow Corporation's tramway and publci transport department and to co-ordinate public transport in the Clyde Valley. In the 1980s it expanded to become Strathclyde Passenger Transport, under the overall direction of Strathclyde Regional Council. Following the abolition of the regional council in 1996, it was reestablished as an incorporated body, controlled by councillors drawn from the 12 successor unitary authorities: The City of Glasgow Council (Mòr-bhaile Ghlaschu in Gaelic) is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities, formerly Glasgow District Council and Glasgow Corporation in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The River Clyde, looking eastwards upstream, as it passes beneath the Kingston Bridge. ... Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1974 to 1996. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single-tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...

• Argyll and Bute
• West Dunbartonshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• North Lanarkshire
• South Lanarkshire
• City of Glasgow
• South Ayrshire
• East Ayrshire
• North Ayrshire
• Inverclyde
• Renfrewshire
• East Renfrewshire

Subsequent to the passing of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005, on 1 April 2006 it became the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. At this latest reorganisation SPT gained responsibility for planning for all regional transport (not just public transport) though it lost a number of specific powers relating to rail frainchising and concessionary fares. There will be no change in abbreviation (still SPT) or branding or in its major operational functions. Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... West Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... East Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... North Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... South Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of the traditional county of Lanarkshire. ... The City of Glasgow Council (Mòr-bhaile Ghlaschu in Gaelic) is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities, formerly Glasgow District Council and Glasgow Corporation in Glasgow, Scotland. ... South Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. ... East Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Inverclyde (disambiguation). ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... East Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ...

Organisation

SPT has the following main responsibilities:

• Developing a regional transport strategy for west central Scotland
• Planning of public transport investment
• Operation of the Glasgow Subway
• Operation and maintenance of bus stations, bus stops, travel centres and other support infrastructure
• Provision of some subsidised bus services, where no commercial services exists
• Provision of dial-a-bus and ring'n'ride services
• Issuing ZoneCard tickets, and dividing the revenue between participating transport providers

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Bus services

Up until 1986 SPT (and the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive before it) was directly responsible for running the municipal bus services in Glasgow, and owned both the buses and the necessary supporting infrastructure. The bus deregulation by the Transport Act 1985 deregulated the bus industry and SPT was subsequently forced to sell off its bus operations. The main bus operator in Glasgow City is now First Group. TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... Bus deregulation in Great Britain came into force on 26 October 1986, and is formally known as the 1985 Transport Act. ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen in Scotland. ...

SPT owns Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station, the largest bus station in Scotland.

The Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE), The forerunner of SPTE, started operations in 1973, taking over the entire municipal owned and operated bus, and Underground railway, services of Glasgow Corporation Transport (GCT), which had been in existence from 1894 to 1973. They used a new livery which was a variation of the previous GCT colours of green, yellow and cream. The new livery had Verona green on the lower panels, and yellow between decks, white was used for window surrounds, and the roof. A stylised "GG" logo was applied to the forward yellow side panels. This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ... A livery is a uniform worn by a civilian person. ... A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface and/or font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ...

As GCT had done, the GGPTE continued to buy large numbers of Leyland Atlantean double-decker buses, they were by far the most numerous type of bus in service, but GGPTE also introduced new bus types such as the Scania-MCW Metropolitan, and the front-engined, Scottish-built, Volvo Ailsa. The Leyland Atlantean was a double-deck bus built by British Leyland in United Kingdom from 1958 to 1986. ... Double-decker bus next to a Ferrari A double-decker is a bus, aeroplane, train, tram, ferry or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other. ... Scania Metropolitan was the second bus (and the first double-deck bus) model which was built jointly by MCW and Scania. ... The Volvo Ailsa B55 was a front-engined double-deck chassis built in Scotland by Ailsa, Volvos British commercial vehicle agency. ...

At the start of the 1980s GGPTE became SPTE. Revised liveries were gradually introduced, with the green and yellow replacing most of the white on some buses, and matt black lower deck window surrounds applied to many others, the latter became the livery applied to new buses. Logos also changed, stylised "Trans-Clyde" lettering was displayed below the "GG" logo, which SPTE was also using on rail services and the Underground at the time. Gradually the "GG" logo was discontinued, and "Trans'Clyde" was used alone.

In 1983 SPTE changed their colours to orange and black, the "Trans'Clyde" name was dropped and replaced with "Strathclyde Transport" branding. The name lasted until 1986 due to deregulation of the bus industry, keeping the orange and black colour scheme "Strathclyde's Buses" branding was used. The bus service was still in PTE control until 1993 when Strathclyde's Buses became employee-owned. That colour scheme was used until 1996 when First Group took over the former PTE's bus service. Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ...

In April 2006 under new legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament, Strathclyde Passenger Transport was abolished and a new transport authority, the West of Scotland Transport Partnership, was established along with another six regional transport partnerships covering the rest of Scotland. Covering the same territory as its predecessor organisation, the Partnership successfully negotiated a change to its title from the West of Scotland Transport Partnership to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, in doing so retaining the SPT logo and thereby avoiding the need to change any livery on its property and coaches. For the national legislative body adjourned in 1707, see Parliament of Scotland. ...

Its first Chief Executive, Ron Culley was appointed in March 2006 under Chairman Alistair Watson and a partnership of twenty elected members, whose numbers were swelled by nine additional appointees chosen by the Minister for Transport, comprised its Partnership Board. SPT remains the largest transport authority in the UK outside London. It retains ownership of the Glasgow underground - the third oldest in the world after London and Budapest. The government role of Minister for Transport is common to several countries: The British Secretary of State for Transport The Canadian Minister of Transport The Irish Minister for Transport This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Tube redirects here. ... The Budapest Metro is the fastest means of public transport in Budapest. ...

Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is the only underground metro system in Scotland. Opened in 1896, it is the third-oldest system of its type in the world, and the only one that has never been expanded from its original route. The circular route serves the city centre, the city's fashionable West End, and parts of the south side. Between the early 1930's and 2003 the system was officialy known as the "Glasgow Underground", but many citizens always continued referring to it as the "Subway". In 2003, the "Subway" title was again used officialy, with station signage and publications changed to reflect this. A train arrives at West Street station. ... Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Strathclyde rail services

Glasgow has the largest network of suburban railway lines in the UK, outwith London. These are operated on behalf of SPT by First ScotRail (also part of First Group). Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... First ScotRail is the brand under which First Group PLC runs its railway franchise to operate all domestic passenger services within Scotland, as well as the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London, England. ...

When the GGPTE was formed the trains that ran in the GGPTE area had their colours in the BR blue livery but instead of the familiar BR logo a GG logo was used. Later on the trains were painted in BR Blue-Grey livery, again the GG logo was used with the addition of "Trans-Clyde" branding. The last BR Blue-Grey livery used by SPT the BR logo was now used along with "Strathclyde Transport" branding on the centre of each car. From 1985 as with bus services and the underground, orange and black livery was used with a black BR logo. The current colours on SPT rail network are carmine and cream but there is still one British Rail Class 314 EMU in the old Orange and Black livery. Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The British Rail Class 314 is an electric multiple unit train found on the SPT rail network in Central Scotland. ...

As of 2005 SPT uses as their sponsored rolling stock:

• British Rail Class 156
• British Rail Class 170
• British Rail Class 314
• British Rail Class 318
• British Rail Class 320
• British Rail Class 334

The table below summarises the various lines and routes: Class 156, no. ... Class 170/2, no. ... The British Rail Class 314 is an electric multiple unit train found on the SPT rail network in Central Scotland. ... The British Rail Class 318 is an electric multiple unit train, which operates exclusively in the SPT network in West Central Scotland. ... The British Rail Class 320 is an electric multiple unit train found on the SPT rail network in Central Scotland, and is used exclusively on the North Clyde Line. ... A Juniper Class 334 unit The British Rail Class 334 is a suburban electric multiple unit built by Alstom in Birmingham. ...

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Ferry Services

SPT operates the Renfrew-Yoker ferry, and subsidises the Gourock-Kilcreggan-Helensburgh ferry service. Renfrew (Rinn Friù in Scottish Gaelic) is a small town and former royal burgh in the Renfrewshire region of Scotland (see main article on the town of Renfrew, Scotland). ... Yoker is a western district of Glasgow, lying on the northern bank of the Clyde to the east of Clydebank. ... Gourock (Guireag in Scottish Gaelic which means pimple shaped or rounded hill in reference to the many hills surrounding the area,) is a burgh in Inverclyde, Scotland. ... Kilcreggan is a village situated on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde at the end of the Rosneath Peninsula, between the Gareloch and Loch Long, about 25 miles (40 km) west of the centre of Glasgow by boat, though 38 miles (60 km) by road. ... Helensburgh (Baile Eilidh in Gaelic) is a Scottish town historically part of Dunbartonshire, but since local government reorganisation in 1995 in Argyll and Bute, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde. ...

See also

• Passenger Transport Executive
• ZoneCard

In the United Kingdom, Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs) are local government bodies which are responsible for public transport within large urban areas. ... ZoneCard is a travel card issued by Strathclyde Passenger Transport in Scotland. ...

External link

• Strathclyde Passenger Transport's website