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Cras Iompair IreannCras Iompair ireann (CI) (English: Irish Transport Company, pronounced CHORUS UM-PAIR AIR-INN) is a statutory authority which is owned by the Irish Government, and since the enactment of Transport (Reorganisation of Cras Iompair ireann) Act, 1986 CI is the shareholding company of Bus Atha Cliath - Dublin Bus, Bus ireann - Irish Bus and Iarnrd ireann - Irish Rail - the three largest internal transport companies in Ireland. Current government policy is that CI should be wound up and the three individual companies focusing on their own business areas and thus increasing competitiveness. Despite this, legislation to enact this change has been frequently delayed, and has yet to be published as of late 2004. | CIE Corporate Logo from 1944 | | "The Flying Snail" | Cras Iompair ireann was originally established to provide road and railway transport, and later water. For most of its existence the company made large and year-on-year losses, particularly the railways division, this caused the public and politicians to demand "make CI pay". Thus, similar to the pattern in many countries, Ireland's railways were rationalised and faced severe cutbacks while the road division was expanded. | CI Corporate Logo from 1964 (a modernised version is the current CI logo) | | "The Broken Wheel" | Cras Iompair ireann was formed (as a private company) by the Transport Act, 1944 and incorporated the Great Southern Railways Company and Dublin United Transport Company. At this point CI adopted the logo of the latter company, "the flying snail". Great Southern Railways (Ireland) incorporated in 1925 been previously Great Southern Railway since 1924, this was essentially a monopoly on transport. The Transport Act, 1950 amalgamated CI and the Grand Canal Company and formally nationalised CI, changing its structure from a private limited company to a board appointed by the Minister for Transport. The Northern Ireland Great Northern Railway Act, 1958 transferred the lines of Great Northern Railway Company, south of the border, to CI. See also External links
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