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 - 5 also.
This is part 6 of a 6-part series on London Transport Posters:
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| 1936 Lord Mayor's Show Nov. 9 artist: Edward Alexander Wadsworth |
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| 1936 Virginia Water 3/3 return artist: Clive Gardiner |
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| 1937 Always an Open Way Always Something New in town to-night artist: Mary Adshead |
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| 1937 Pleasure Trips the Floor The Town's at your Door by Underground artist: Mary Adshead |
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| 1937 Chiswick House - by Underground artist: Vera Ross |
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| 1937 Little Hampden artist: Gregory Brown |
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| 1937 Regent's Park Baker Street Station for Clarence Gate artist: Frank Ormrod |
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| 1937 Travels in time on your doorstep artists: Clifford & Rosemary Ellis |
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| 1938 Cup Final April 30 artists: Tom Eckersley & Eric Lombers |
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| 1938 Epsom Summer Meeting artists: Tom Eckersley & Eris Lombers |
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| 1938 Go Out Into The Country artist: Graham Sutherland |
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| 1938 The Country Now artist: Clare Leighton |
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| 1938 The way home artist: Marc Fernand Severin |
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| 1938 Why go home? artist: Marc Fernand Severin |
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| 1938 Why home so soon? artist: Marc Fernand Severin |
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| 1938 Why wait till later? artist: Marc Fernand Severin |
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| 1938 Visit Kensington Palace artist: Dora Batty |
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| 1938 Week-End Walks artist: Clare Leighton |
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| 1938 Wimbledon Championships artist: Phyllis Bray |
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| 1939 Greet the Sun by London Transport artist: Edward Purser |
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| 1939 Kew Gardens artist: Edward Bawden |
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| 1944 The Proud City artist: Walter E. Spradbery |
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| 1947 London Transport at London's Service artist: Abram Games |
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| 1950 London Transport Conducted Tours artist: Abram Games |
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| 1950 Out & About - Winter London artist: Molly Moss |
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| 1956 Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new... artist: Barnett Freedman |
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| 1956 Visitor's London artist: Frederic Henri Kay Henrion |
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| 1960 Any country market... artist: Philip Roberts |
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| 1963 The London Museum artist: Tom Eckersley |
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| 1965 Underground to Warwick Avenue for Little Venice artist: John Finnie |
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| 1966 Art Today artist: Hans Unger |
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| 1966 Nine Hundred Years Ago... Underground or Bus to Westminster artist: Gaynor Chapman |
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| 1968 Epping Forest artist: Robert Flavell Mickelwright |
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| 1970 Busabout by London Transport artists: Hans Unger and Ebehard Schulze |
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| 1972 Femme Bien Informée by Harry Stevens London Transport Art Collection |
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| 1976 London Zoo - Regent's Park artist: Abram Games |
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| 1986 Explore London with a London Transport Explorer Pass artist: Catherine Denver |
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| 1987 Buy an Explorer Pass artist: Dobson |
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| 1987 The Tate Gallery by Tube artist: David Booth |
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| 1988 The Royal Academy artist: Julian Trevelyan |
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| 1990s The New Kew by Tube artist: Jemmie Tuffs |
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