London Transport Executive (GLC)

The London Transport Executive was the executive agency of the Greater London Council, which was responsible for public transport in and around London from 1970 to 1984. Like all transport authorities in the years 1933 to 2000, she stepped under the brand name of London Transport in appearance. It is not to be confused with the London Transport Executive of the year 1948 until 1962.

History

The Transport ( London) Act 1968 procured the formation of the state National Bus Company ( NBC), which started many non-urban bus services in Britain and thereby put under state control. The Transport ( London) Act 1969 created for the buses in the rural outer areas of London ( " London Country" ) and the Green Line express bus lines, a new subsidiary of NBC, which from 1 January 1970 as London Country Bus Services ( LCBS ) the green buses and their depots from the London transport Board has spun off. The red city buses of London and the subway arrived at the same date under the control of the Greater London Council (GLC ) as the new London Transport Executive.

End of 1970, London Transport 60 192 employees, including 27 966 in the bus sector, 11,041 in the railway sector, 19,458 in the workshop area and 1,727 in general management. There were 71 bus depots with a total of 6428 buses, of which 1180 one-man cars, 4423 subway cars, 22 depots and railway workshops, 246 stations with 235 escalators and 83 lifts.

The London Transport Executive was the late 1970s, in addition to the Department from the three departments bus, train and Eigentums-/Vermögens- and property management.

London Transport had end 1982 58.072 employees, including 29,965 in London Buses (including workshop), 23 706 in the rail industry (of which 12,185 in the workshop area ) and 4,401 in administration and management. There were a total of 6205 buses, of which 5596 biplane, 4069 subway cars, 21 depots and railway workshops, 266 stations (of which 247 under their own management ) with 272 escalators and 70 lifts.

Bus

The remedies provided by the reshaping plan one-man buses, increasingly, as a monoplane, were ordered by the British commercial vehicle industry and provided with constructed for the London concerns structures. These buses "off the shelf " prepared the London Transport Executive big problems because they did not meet the requirements of the discerning London operation. Due to the circumstances prevailing at that time, problems in the British car manufacturer it came to spare parts shortages. Therefore, had by the early to mid 1970s rows of buses are parked inoperable. It also came by staff shortages and the growth of private transport to further problems. 1974 and 1975 15% of the services were not provided kilometer driven. 15-30% of services ( drivers, conductors, workshop ) could not be filled. The lack of personnel was met with increased recruitment and better wages, but whose impact was not until 1975 began. On the effects of traffic congestion people reacted strengthened with the establishment of bus lanes. Against the vehicle shortage helped through prolonged use of older buses. Because of the problems of British commercial vehicle manufacturer you purchased first buses with trolleys Swedish procured ( Metroscania, Code MD). More new buses in large numbers came from Leyland ( Leyland National single deck = LS, double-decker Leyland Titan = T) and Metro - Cammell Weymann - ( MCW Metrobus double decker = M). The biplanes were again delivery problems, so that they could be used in large numbers until 1979.

The previously centrally guided bus sector received in 1979 a new management structure: he was in eight distributed over the London area, locally owned " districts ", each with seven to ten garages ( bus maintenance and car yards ) split. The district managers were able to adapt the operation to the conditions required on site. The District Manager led through each plant manager and a technical manager on its own responsibility the use of buses and staff in the seven to ten Busbetriebshöfen in the district.

The eight districts whose buses were used under the common brand name London Buses were:

Abbey District, London NW1
Watling District, London NW2
Leaside District, London N4
Tower District, London EC4
Forest District, Ilford ( Essex )
South East London & Kent = SELKENT District, London SE5
Wandle District, Mitcham ( Surrey )
Cardinal District, London W5

Subway

In the field of railway department four metro departments were created for the operation of two subway companies:

In addition to the responsibility for the daily operation and the implementation of the maintenance was organized. In the time of the London Transport Executive the completion of the Victoria line and the western part of the Jubilee Line falls.

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