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Originally, vehicle registration was the responsibility of County Borough and County councils throughout Great Britain, a system created by the Motor Car Act 1903.In 1968 a centralised licensing system was set up at a new Swansea Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre, taking over licences issued from County/Borough councils.
The City and County of Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe), or simply Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Abertawe), is the local authority for the city and county of Swansea, one of the principal areas of Wales. The principal area also includes rural areas to the north of the built-up area of Swansea and the Gower Peninsula to the ...
A road sign directing car drivers to an Oxford park and ride site. It combines the UK standard symbols for a public car park and a public bus service.. Park and ride bus services in the United Kingdom are bus services designed to provide intermodal passenger journeys between a private mode of transport and a shared mode bus.
In 1845, the first recorded horse-drawn bus services occurred in Cardiff. [1]In 1870, the Cardiff Tramways Company was established and later ran horse trams and buses. [1]By 1902, the Corporation of Cardiff had taken over the Cardiff Tramways Company, and had commenced operating electric powered trams in the city.
GW 0-6-0PT bringing in empty stock in 1962. The station opened in 1850. [3] It was built by the South Wales Railway, which amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1863; [3] it was not originally on the South Wales Railway main line, planned to connect London with the port of Fishguard, and Swansea passengers had to change at Landore, two miles to the north until at least 1879.
The Swansea Bay City Region (Welsh: Dinas-Ranbarth Bae Abertawe), is a city region in Wales. It is a partnership between the local authorities of Carmarthenshire , Neath Port Talbot , Pembrokeshire and Swansea , local businesses in southwest Wales and other organisations with the support of the Welsh Government .
The Welsh Government is responsible for trunk roads and motorways, whilst the 22 local authorities are responsible for all other highways. In 2001 the Welsh Government reviewed the way in which trunk roads and motorways were being managed, [ 14 ] and by September 2004, [ 14 ] they had decided to reduce the number of trunk road agencies from ...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT).. It carries out driving tests, approves people to be driving instructors and MOT testers, carries out tests to make sure lorries and buses are safe to drive, [2] carries out roadside checks on drivers and vehicles, and monitors vehicle recalls.