Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 166,993 pages of information and 246,688 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

London Regional Transport

From Graces Guide

1984 Created by the London Regional Transport Act 1984. Placed under direct control of the Secretary of State for Transport. Took over responsibility from the Greater London Council. The headquarters were at the former London Transport Executive building at 55 Broadway.

1985 The company was re-organised into several companies with London Regional Transport as the holding company. London Buses Limited was formed to manage the bus network and London Underground Limited managed the Underground network.

1989 Facing the prospect of deregulation, London Regional Transport split up London Buses into 11 separate companies to give them time to prepare for the open market, including:

1994 On the privatisation of British Rail, the Waterloo and City Line passed to the London Underground as part of London Regional Transport management

1994/95 The bus units were sold.

2000 Responsibility for public transport in London transferred to Transport for London, an agency of the newly created Greater London Authority

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Sources of Information

  1. Commercial Motor 6 April 1989