Early public transport in London began with horse-drawn omnibus services in 1829, which were gradually replaced by the first motor omnibuses in 1902. Over the years the private companies which began these services amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) to form a unified bus service. The Underground Electric Railways Company of London, also formed in 1902, unified the pioneering underground railway companies which built the London Underground; in 1912 the Underground Group took over the LGOC and in 1913 it also absorbed the London Tramway Companies. The Underground Group became part of the new London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933; Underground trains, buses and trams began to operate under the shorter London Transport brand name.
The London Transport name continued in use until 2000, although the political management of transport services changed several times. The LPTB oversaw transport from 1933 to 1947 until it was re-organised into the London Transport Executive (1948 to 1962). Responsibility for London Transport was subsequently taken over to the London Transport Board (1963 to 1969), the Greater London Council (1970 to 1984) and London Regional Transport (1984 to 2000). In 2000, as part of the formation of the new Greater London Authority, responsibility for London transport was taken over by a new transport authority, Transport for London (TfL), which is the publicly owned transport corporation for the London region today
London Underground: Colloquially known as the Tube, the London Underground was the first rapid transit system in the world, having begun operations in 1863. More than 3 million passengers travel on the Underground every day, amounting to over 1 billion passenger journeys per year for the first time in 2006
This is part 1 of a 6-part series on London Transport Posters:
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| 1911 Underground - The Way for All artist: Alfred France |
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| 1912 Underground - Always Warm and Bright artist: Mervyn Lawrence |
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| 1913 Humours of London No.2 At the Shops Artist: Tony Sarg |
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| 1913 Humours of London No.3 Football Artist: Tony Sarg |
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| 1913 Humours of London No.4 In the Country Artist: Tony Sarg |
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| 1913 Humours of London No.5 At the R.A. (Royal Academy) Artist: Tony Sarg |
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| 1913 Humours of London No.6 Up River Artist: Tony Sarg |
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| 1913 Humours of London No.9 At the Proms. Artist: Tony Sarg |
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| 1913 Humours of London No.10 Richmond Park Artist: Tony Sarg |
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| 1913 When in Doubt Take the Underground artist: John Hassall |
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| 1915 By Underground to Fresh Air artist: Maxwell Ashby Armfield |
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| 1915 Go to Kew artist: Maxwell Ashby Armfield |
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| 1915 Hampstead Heath By Underground artist: Nancy Smith |
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| 1915 In Watford artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1915 Off To The Zoo (Underground) artist: Reginald Rigby |
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| 1915 Oxhey Woods artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1915 Route 160 - Reigate artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1915 Twickenham by Tram artist: Olive Grace Bourne |
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| 1916 Godstone artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1916 The Heaths No.178 artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1919 Barnes - General Route No. 9 artist: L. MacLeish |
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| 1920 Aster Time, Kew Gardens artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1920 Blue Bells, Kew Gardens artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1920 Flowers o' The Corn artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1920 London Characters - The Park Keeper artist: Elijah Albert Cox |
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| 1920 London Characters - The Race Goer artist: Elijah Albert Cox |
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| 1920 London Memories, Kew Gardens - Underground artist: Fred Taylor |
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| 1920 The Forest Glades of Epping artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1920 Underground To Wood Lane artist: Frederick Charles Herrick |
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| c1920 London's Tramways |
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| 1920s For the Zoo, Book to Regent's Park or Camden Town - Underground Artist: Charles Paine |
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| 1920s London's Tramways - Putney Heath artist: Tony Castle |
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| 1920s London's Tramways Speed Average over 91/2 Miles Per Hour artist: Mary I. Wright |
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| 1920s The North Downs artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1920s The North Downs General artist: D. Legg |
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| 1920s To the Concert Halls artist: Aubrey Lindsay Hammond |
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| 1921 Boat Race 1921 Underground artist: Charle Paine |
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| 1921 Epping Forest by Motor Bus artist: Walter E. Spradbery |
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| 1921 Hampton Court artist: Charles Paine |
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| 1921 Summer's Joy artist: Laura Knight |
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| 1921 Walkers. For a Good Start use the Motor-Bus artist: C.R.W. Nevinson |
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| 1921 Winter Sales are best reached by Underground artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer |
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| 1922 Barnet by Tram artist: Charles Paine |
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| 1922 Come Out at Easter by London's Underground Holiday Routes artist: Frederick Charles Herrick |
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| 1922 For a Wide Prospect at Whitsuntide use London's Underground artist: Frederick Charles Herrick |
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| 1922 For the Zoo Travel by London's Underground artist: John Edgar Platt |
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| 1922 Hampstead Heath - Travel by London Underground artist: Charles Paine |
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