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2 unusual facts about London Passenger Transport Board


History of public transport authorities in London

The period began with the creation of the London Passenger Transport Board, which covered the County of London and adjacent counties within a 30-mile (48-km) radius.

London Passenger Transport Board

The name was said to have been coined by Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield in 1908 when he was General Manager of the Underground Group.


Aldenham Works

The London Transport site at Elstree had originally been bought for the Northern line extension to Bushey Heath, as part of the 1930s New Works Programme.

Aldgate East tube station

The tiling contains relief tiles, showing devices pertinent to London Transport and the area it served, were designed by Harold Stabler and made by the Poole Pottery.

Bus preservation in the United Kingdom

The earliest examples of bus preservation were undertaken by certain bus companies themselves, especially the London General Omnibus Company who set aside a member bus from the B, S and K classes, followed by the London Passenger Transport Board who preserved one each of the NS, LT, ST and T classes.

Hybrid bill

Examples of hybrid bills have been those to construct the Channel Tunnel, the Dartford-Thurrock crossing (also known as the Dartford Crossing), the London Passenger Transport Board and Crossrail.

Jean Dupas

In the 1930s Dupas was commissioned by Frank Pick to produce the artwork for a series of posters for the underground network of London Transport.


see also

Albert Stanley

Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield (1874–1948), British Conservative MP, Managing Director & Chairman of London Electric Railway; Chairman of London Passenger Transport Board

Wotton railway station

Frank Pick, the Chief Executive of the London Passenger Transport Board, aimed to abandon freight operations on the London Underground network, and saw no way in which the more distant parts of the former Metropolitan Railway could ever become viable passenger routes.