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British Electric Traction
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Original source: British Electric Traction brochure
Original source: British Electric Traction brochure
British Electric Traction Company Limited renamed BET plc in 1985 was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996 and the merged company is now known as Rentokil Initial.
At the time the British Electric Traction Company was
engaged in expansion throughout the country, having been restricted in
London under a similar agreement as that entered into by Tilling.1
Associated-Rediffusion (whose parent, British Electric Traction, had
deep pockets, and without whom the ITV system might well have been
unsustainable in the months before it found its feet) which took care
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British Electric Traction (BET) took an early
interest in the company, as did Thomas Tilling.3
subsidary of the giant British Electric Traction Group (BET), which
had major interests in many tramways. The first part of the line from
Bideford Quay to Northam was opened on 24th April 1901.4
British Electric Traction operated all the routes within Gateshead.5
the British Electric Traction subsidiary of Yorkshire Traction (YTC)
in Barnsley, who purchased the entire shareholding on the 18th
December 1934.6
British Electric Traction is the predecessor of the Rentokil Initial.
subsidiary of the British Electric Traction Company Limited which
already had a substantial electric tramway undertaking, the
Swansea Improvements and Tramway Company, whose role was to
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the British Electric Traction company; one of his early memories was
of that extraordinary lift in the centre of Lisbon, which allows
passengers to ascend rapidly to the city heights.8
British Electric Traction Company plc, renamed BET plc in 1985 was a
large British industrial conglomerate.9
was part of the British Electric Traction (BET) group, and was
therefore not nationalised in the immediate post-Second World War era.10
the British Electric Traction Company, which had been trying since
1903 to bring electricity to Mumbai. The Brush Electrical Engineering
Company was its agent.11
Location
Foundation
1895
Extinction Year
1996
Energy type
Formation Year
1895
Successor
Rentokil Initial
Industry
Conglomerate (company)
Company Type
Public company
Company Name
British Electric Traction
Defunct
1996
Fate
Acquired
Category