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London Passenger Transport Board

LC control no.n 83064529
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Corporate name headingLondon Passenger Transport Board
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Variant(s)L.P.T.B.
London Transport (Agency)
LPTB
See alsoMergee: Central London Railway
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Mergee: City and South London Railway
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Mergee: London County Council. Tramways
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Mergee: London Electric Railway
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Mergee: London General Omnibus Company
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Mergee: London United Tramways
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Mergee: Metropolitan District Railway (Great Britain)
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Mergee: Metropolitan Electric Tramways
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Successor: London Transport Executive
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Biography/History noteSet up in 1933, the system was taken over by the London Transport Executive, a subsidiary of the British Transport Commission in 1947.
Beginning date1933
Ending date1947
Found inO'Brien, T. H. British experiments in public ownership, 1937.
Hardy, B. L.P.T.B., rolling stock, 1933-1948, 1982?: t.p. (L.P.T.B.)
Trackbed.com WWW site, 31 July 2004: London Transport Company - London Underground (the title of London Transport was adopted by the London Passenger Transport Board, soon after its establishment in 1933, as the working name for its road and rail operations; in 1948, under the Transport Act, 1947, its system was taken over by the London Transport Executive, a subsidiary of the British Transport Commission)
Light Rail Transit Assn. WWW site, 18 Nov. 2004: electric tramways in & around London (on 1 July 1933, Croydon Corporation Tramways, East Ham Corporation Tramways, Ilford Corporation Tramways, Leyton Urban District Council Tramways, London County Council Tramways, London United Tramways, Metropolitan Electric Tramways Co., South Metropolitan Electric Trmwys. & Light Co., Walthamstow Urban District Light Railways and West Ham Corporation Tramways were all amalgamated into the London Passenger Transport Board)
London Passenger Transport Act 1933, 1933: second schedule, part 1, the Underground undertakings (London Electric Railway Company, Metropolitan District Railway Company, Central London Railway Company, City and South London Railway Company, London General Omnibus Company Limited, London General Country Services Limited, Overground Limited, Tramways (M.E.T.) Omnibus Company Limited, Metropolitan Electric Tramways Limited, London United Tramways Limited, Acme Pullman Services Limited, Bucks Expresses (Watford) Limited, Green Line Coaches Limited, Skylark Motor Coach Company Limited)