Records of the London Passenger Transport Board, including minutes of Meetings of the Board; reports to the Board; album of photographs illustrating the catering facilities afforded by the LPTB to shelterers in the London Tubes during the air raids on London; minutes of Accounts Advisory Committee; plans and sections; tenders, specifications and contracts; Traffic Circulars (Central Buses); papers relating to the Passenger Pooling Scheme; diaries; official booklets, pamphlets and leaflets; and appointment books, issued annually (those filed herewith have had the calendar leaves extracted but the interesting photographs which interspersed them are left in position. They give a true contemporary picture of the life of London and its surroundings, including its building and transport).
London Passenger Transport Board x London Transport ExecutiveLSPU/CS: Central Services, 1982-1988, including secretariat files, legal opinions, committee documentation, information videotapes and audiotapes, posters.
LSPU/DIR: Director's Papers, 1961-1987, including files of P Brayshaw and D Stevenson as Directors of the Policy Unit.
LSPU/EPG: Economic Policy Group, 1900-1987, including GLC Popular Planning Unit photographs, research project files, files of the Economic Policy group and files of the GLC Industry and Employment Branch.
LSPU/PMRG: Police Monitoring and Research Group, 1986-1987, comprising copies of 'Policing London' press cuttings bulletin.
LSPU/PPG: Planning Policy Group, 1965-1987, including Land Use Survey files and plans, GLC Development Planning Branch, policy division files, files of GLC Planning Studies Group on Tourism, office survey files from the GLC Central Policy Unit, files on the statistical analysis of planning decisions, planning files.
LSPU/PUB: Publications by the London Strategic Policy Unit.
LSPU/RAG: Recreation and Arts Group policy files, 1986-1987.
LSPU/REPG: Race Equality Policy Group, 1968-1987, including files of the GLC Ethnic Minorities Unit, files of the GLC Recreation and Arts Department Race Equality Unit, files of the GLC Ethnic Minorities Unit Irish team, files of the GLC Ethnic Minorities Unit Industry and Employment Section, policy team files, 'Patrolling the Frontline' press cuttings bulletin, grants files of the GLC Ethnic Minorities Unit, Development Team files, files of A Wong, Principal Race Equality Adviser, files of the GLC Ethnic Minorities Unit on the Anti-Racist Year Programme.
LSPU/TG: Transport Group, 1972-1988, including policy files, files of the GLC Public Transport Campaign Unit, and plans.
LSPU/WEG: Women's Equality Group, 1981-1988, including GLC Women's Committee Support Unit; policy files; files on childcare provision; exhibition boards; files of grant monitoring and administration files.
London Strategic Policy Unit , Greater London CouncilPapers of predecessor companies of London Transport. More information regarding each company can be found in the separate sub-fonds entry for that company.
Companies:
Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway
Baker Street And Waterloo Railway
Central London Railway Minutes
Central London Railway Correspondence, Contracts, Reports, Etc.
City And South London Railway
City And South London Railway
Charing Cross, Euston And Hampstead Railway
Earls Court Grounds Limited
Edgware And Hampstead Railway
Great Northern And City Railway
Great Northern Piccadilly And Brompton Railway
Hammersmith And City Railway
Hounslow And Metropolitan Railway
Harrow And Uxbridge Railway
Hammersmith And City Railway
Kingston And London Railway
London Electric Railway
London General Country Services (Buses)
London General Omnibus Company
Lots Road Power House
London Passenger Transport Board
London And Suburban Traction Company (Tramways)
London Transport Board Reports And Accounts
London Transport Executive Files
London United Tramways
Metropolitan And Metropolitan District Joint Railways
Metropolitan And District Electric Traction Company
Metropolitan District Railway
Metropolitan Electric Tramway
Metropolitan And Great Central Joint Railways
Morden Station Garage
Metropolitan And St Johns Wood Railway Company
Metropolitan Tower Construction Company
North Metropolitan Tramways
Railway Equipment And Construction Company
South Metropolitan Electric Tramways
Tramways M.E.T. Omnibus Company
Underground Electric Railways
Union Construction Company
Union Surplus Lands Company
Whitechapel And Bow Railway
Watford Joint Railway Committee - Metropolitan And London North Eastern Railways
Watford And Edgware Railway
Wembley Park Estate Company
Also bus companies comprising:
A1 Bus Company
Acme Pullman Services (Buses)
Alberta Omnibus
Amersham And District Motor Bus And Haulage Company
Associated Omnibus Company
Atlas Omnibus Company
C W Batten And Company Limited (Buses)
Bracklin And Vandy Limited (Buses)
Britannia Traction Company
Brixton Motor Omnibus Company
Bucks Expresses (Buses)
Cambrian Coaching And Goods Transport Limited
Cambrian Landray Coaching Limited
Celtic Omnibus Company
Central Omnibus Company
Chesham And District Bus Company
Cosgrove Omnibus Company
Criterion Omnibus Company
Dangerfield Limited (Buses)
Direct Omnibus Company
District Omnibus Company
Dominion Omnibus Company
East Ham Omnibus Company
Empress Omnibus Company
Fleet Omnibus Company
Florence Omnibus Company
Gearless Motor Omnibus Company
Grafton Omnibus Company
Grangewood Omnibus Company
Green Line Coaches Limited
Haywood And Nowell Limited (Buses)
Horseshoe Traction Company
Invicta Traction Company (Buses)
Jockey Omnibus Company
Lea Valley Omnibus Company
Legion Omnibus Company
London Road Car Company
Lonsdale Omnibus Company
Loveland Omnibus Company
Mcmahon Omnibus Company
Marathon Omnibus Company
Mason Omnibus Company
Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Company
New Central Omnibus Company
Northern Omnibus Company
Nulli Secundus Omnibus Company
Olympic Traction Company
Omnibus Proprietors Limited
Overground Limited (Buses)
Edward Paul Limited (Buses)
Pc Omnibus Company
Priest Brothers (Buses)
Primrose Omnibus Company
Ra Motor Services
Charles Randall Limited (Buses)
Reburn's Motor Services
Shamrock Traction Company
Skylark Motor Coach Company
Silver Star Omnibus Company
Superbus Limited
T And W Omnibus Company
Tottenham Hotspur Omnibus Company
Tower Carriers Limited
Unique Omnibus Company
Victoria Road Car Company
Vivid Omnibus Company
W And P Omnibus Company
Watford Omnibus Company
Wellington Omnibus Company
Western Omnibus Company
White Star Omnibus Company
London And South Coast Transport Limited
National Omnibus And Transport Company
VariousRecords of the London Transport Board, comprising reports and financial accounts.
London Transport Board , 1963-1970Records of the London Transport Executive, including scheme of delegation of functions to the London Transport Executive by the British Transport Commission; traffic circulars for buses and railways; annual reports 1953-1962; and publicity materials including brochures and pamphlets.
London Transport Executive , 1947-1963452 files comprising papers and correspondence relating to Greater London Council transport policy: Collection of papers and correspondence regarding Paul Moore, one-time Greater London Council (GLC) councillor including correspondence; transport and transport policy; miscellaneous campaign material; London Borough of Hounslow papers; Bromley, Croydon, Camden, Hackney papers; TGWU papers; Outside Labour groups.
Wetzel , Dave , transport and housing expert