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| Predecessor | London Transport Executive |
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| Successor | London Transport Executive (GLC) |
| Formation | 1 January 1963 |
| Dissolved | 31 December 1969 |
| Type | Public body |
| Legal status | Dissolved |
| Purpose | Transport authority |
| Headquarters | 55 Broadway,London |
Region served | Greater London and within 30 miles (48 km) ofCharing Cross |
Chairman | 1962-65Alexander Valentine 1965-69Maurice Holmes |
Main organ | London Transport |
Parent organisation | Government of the United Kingdom |
TheLondon Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport (except main-line trains) inLondon, England, and its environs from 1963 to 1969. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and operational brand of the organisation wasLondon Transport.
The London Transport Board (LTB) was established on 1 January 1963 pursuant to theTransport Act 1962 and replaced theLondon Transport Executive (LTE) upon the dissolution of theBritish Transport Commission. It was an independent statutory undertaking reporting directly to theMinister of Transport, whose responsibilities were similar to those of the LTE, but with the addition of some railway lines previously the responsibility ofBritish Railways. The first Chairman wasAlexander Valentine, who had been the Chairman of the LTE.[1][2]
The LTB was responsible for theLondon Underground and for bus and coach services within theLondon Passenger Transport Area, an area with a radius of about 30 miles fromCharing Cross established when theLondon Passenger Transport Board was formed in 1933.
Services were generally maintained and not cut as elsewhere in the country, as train services were under theBeeching cuts. The board was responsible for theBus Reshaping Plan in 1966, a comprehensive programme of changes to bus services.
By 1970 the roads in London had become so congested that theGreater London Development Plan included in its scope policy to reduce dependence on the car.[citation needed] On 1 January 1970 responsibility for public transport within Greater London passed to theGreater London Council (GLC) under theTransport (London) Act 1969, with theLondon Transport brand retained by the GLC.[3] Bus services outside the GLC area andGreen Line Coaches were passed to a new company,London Country Bus Services, formed on 1 January 1970 as a subsidiary of theNational Bus Company.[4][5][6]
| Preceded by | London public transport authority 1963–1969 | Succeeded by |
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