ART & ARTISTS: London Transport Posters

Wednesday 17 May 2023

London Transport Posters - part 4

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

For earlier posters see parts 1 - 3 also.

This is part 4 of a 6-part series on London Transport Posters:

1928 Lepidoptera
Natural History Museum
artist: Austin Cooper

1928 Molesey Regatta
Underground
artist: (C.C.S.)

1928 Season Tickets Save Time
artist: Alfred Clive Gardiner

1928 The Tate Gallery
artist: Rex Whistler

1928 The Way Out - The Night Out
Underground
artist: Harold Sandys Williamson

1928 There And Back By Underground
artist: Harold Sandys Williamson

1928 White City at 8 p.m.
artist: Thomas Ivester Lloyd

c1928 London's Tramways - St James Park
artist: P. Irwin Brown

1929 Buy A Season Ticket Here
artist: Jeffryes

1929 By Underground To Kew Gardens Station
artist: Wilfrid Rene Wood

1929 Flowers of the Riverside
artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer

1929 Hampton Court by Tram
artist: Fred Taylor

1929 London's Tramways - St James Park
artist: W. Gale Harris

1929 London's Tramways
The Zoo by Tram to Camden Town
artist: Tony Castle

1929 No Wet - No Cold
Underground
artist: Frederick Schneider Manner

1929 North Downs By Motor-Bus
General
artist: Gregory Brown

1929 Southend-On-Sea
artist: Charles Pears

1929 The Tower of London
artist: Clive Gardiner

1930 Hampstead
for the Heights o' London
artist: Kate M. Burrell

1930 Safety Underground
artist: Alan Rogers

1930 Speed - Underground
artist: Alan Rogers

1930 Southend - Underground
artist: Charles Pears