London Regional Transport

London Regional Transport (LRT ), the Department of Transportation, which was responsible for public transport in and around London from 1984 to 2000. As with all transport authorities from the years 1933 to 2000, the transport occurred under the brand name of London Transport in appearance.

History

In June 1984, the London Transport Executive was dissolved according to the London Regional Transport Act 1984 and replaced by LRT. In place of LRT occurred in 2000 Transport for London, an agency of the newly created Greater London Authority in the year.

Structure

LRT included the following subsidiaries and activities:

  • London Buses Ltd. ( LBL)
  • London Underground Ltd.. ( LUL )
  • LRT Bus Engineering Ltd.. with the works of Aldenham ( until 1986 ) and Chiswick for work on mechanical, electrical and structural parts of cars at car of LBL as well as for other customers
  • London Transport International Services Ltd.. (LTI ), a consulting firm that worked for other transport companies and cities
  • London Transport Museum (LTM )
  • Travel Information Service with seven information centers in the downtown area and five in London Heathrow Airport
  • Lost and Found Lost Property Office
  • London Transport Advertising, which was responsible for advertising in and on the LRT transport systems and their
  • London Transport Property
  • Victoria Coach Station

Subway

London Underground Limited ( LUL ) was created in 1985 to operate the network of London Underground. As part of the privatization of British Rail LUL took over in 1994, the Waterloo & City Line.

Bus

London Buses ( LBL) aspired to savings in bus operation, which should be achieved through tenders. The first twelve bus routes were launched in October 1984, in July 1985 took first private bus operation. In July 1992, there were already 250 contracted bus lines, which corresponded to about 40 % of the bus network and around 1,900 buses required. 42% of the advertised lines were then driven by 17 private operators, the rest of the tenders won by the subsidiaries of LBL. At LBL, there were at that time more than 19,000 employees, including more than 13,000 drivers and conductors, as well as over 2,500 in the workshop area.

LBL was deregulated by the division into 13 localized, independent subsidiaries:

  • Centre West London Buses Ltd, London W2
  • East London Bus & Coach Company Ltd, Ilford ( Essex )
  • Leaside Bus Co Ltd, London N4
  • London Central Bus Co Ltd, Lewisham
  • London Forest Travel Ltd, Walthamstow
  • London General Transport Services Ltd, Mitcham ( Surrey )
  • London Northern Bus Co Ltd, London WC1
  • London United Busways Ltd, Twickenham
  • Metroline Travel Ltd., Harrow ( Middlesex )
  • South East London & Kent Bus Co Ltd ( SELKENT ), Lewisham
  • South London Transport Ltd., Thornton Heath
  • Stanwell Bus Company, Hounslow
  • London Coaches Ltd, London SW18

1994 privatized LRT these subsidiaries and it sold. For the planning and coordination of further major London bus network London Transport Buses (LTB ) was newly established.

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