IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4033
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: RAILWAY PLANS
Date(s): 1867-1919
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.35 linear metres
Name of creator(s): London Passenger Transport Board x London Transport Executive
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1929 the London County Council tramways, the Underground railways and the London General Omnibus Company proposed to coordinate their services. It was not until 1933, however, that the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was established by law.
During the Second World War the government assumed control of the LPTB, and remained in charge until 1947. In that year the Transport Act set up the British Transport Commission, which appointed executive bodies to deal with transport throughout the country. One of these took over the whole of road and rail transport in London, while the LPTB became the London Transport Executive in 1948.
Between 1970 and 1984 the Greater London Council (GLC) was responsible for the overall policy and finances of London Transport, while the London Tranport Executive was responsible for the day-to-day management and operation of services. On the abolition of the GLC in 1984, London Regional Transport was formed as a statutory corporation responsible to the government. It set up a number of wholly owned subsidiaries, including London Underground Limited and London Buses Limited. In 1990 London Regional Transport became known again as London Transport for all but legal purposes.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London Passenger Transport Board, 1867-1919, comprising annotated plans and Ordnance Survey maps of railway lines. Stations, railway lines and certain other buildings have been coloured.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
London Transport plans: Ordnance Survey 5-foot, 1894-1896 edition LMA/4033/01 London Transport plans: Ordnance Survey 25-inch, 1916-1919 edition LMA/4033/02 Plan from London and North Eastern Railway: Southern Region Engineer's Parliamentary office LMA/4033/03 London Transport Plans: Ordnance Survey 25-inch, 1867-1875 edition LMA/4033/04.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Found during stocktaking, 1997.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For more records relating to the London Passenger Transport Board see ACC/1297, ACC/1435 and ACC/1467.
Readers with enquiries concerning Ordnance Survey mapping at this date are advised to consult a larger general series of plans of the same scale and edition which has been brought together and filmed. This general series is more complete and is available as 105mm negatives on open access. It is possible to obtain printouts from these.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009