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LONDON AND SUBURBAN TRACTION COMPANY (TRAMWAYS)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/LST

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: LONDON AND SUBURBAN TRACTION COMPANY (TRAMWAYS)

Date(s): 1912-1934

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.25 linear metres

Name of creator(s): London and Suburban Traction Company | tram service operator

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The London and Suburban Traction Company was formed in 1912, jointly by British Electric Traction and the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd. It was formed with the purpose of merging three existing tram service providers: London United Tramways, Metropolitan Electric Tramways and South Metropolitan Electric Tramways. The company's trams operated mainly in the north of London. The Company became part of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933. The decision was made to phase out trams to be replaced by motor buses and trolley buses, and the last tram in London ran in 1952.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the London and Suburban Traction Company, including minutes of Board Meetings; minutes of General Meetings; minutes of Stockholder meetings; and traffic reports.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/1297/LST/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/LST/04: Traffic Reports.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Tram services | Public transport | Transport
Trams | Vehicles | Transport
Tramways | Road transport | Transport
Transport companies | Companies | Enterprises
Transport organizations | Organizations
Urban transport | Transport
Urban transport development | Transport planning | Transport
Company archives
Transport infrastructure

Personal names

Corporate names
London and Suburban Traction Company | tram service operator
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe