Transport and Traffic Ireland Official Publications

Reference code: HOYFM.ACL2025.51
Level of description: Fonds
Title: Transport and Traffic Ireland Official Publications
Scope and content: This archive primarily contains legislation and reports related to roads, road vehicles and traffic, railways, harbours, canals, and inland navigation, as well as public transport throughout the island of Ireland from the 1880s until the 1980s. This period saw the introduction of increased regulation of fares, timetables, routes, and operators for both passenger and freight services. Important documents include the Ministry of Transport Act (1919), Transport Conditions in Northern Ireland by Sir Felix J.C. Pole (1934), Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (1935), Road and Railway Transport Act (1937), Report from the Joint Select Committee on Road and Rail Transport in Northern Ireland (1939), Report on Transport in Ireland (1948), Road Transport Fares Tribunal of Northern Ireland, Transport Act (Northern Ireland) (1967) and the Belfast Urban Area Review of Transportation strategy (1977).