London Passenger Transport Board
quasi-autonomous public organisation between 1933 and 1949
The London Passenger Transport Board was the organisation responsible for local public transport in London and its environs from 1933 to 1948. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and brand was London Transport.
History
The London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was established pursuant to the London Passenger Transport Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 14) enacted on 13 April 1933. The bill had been introduced by Herbert Morrison, who was Transport Minister in the Labour Government until 1931. Because the legislation was a hybrid bill it had been possible to allow it to "roll over" into the new parliament under the incoming National Government. The new government, although dominated by Conservatives, decided to continue with the bill, with no serious changes, despite its extensive transfer of private undertakings into the public sector. On 1 July 1933, the LPTB came into being, covering the "London Passenger Transport Area".
“London Passenger Transport Board” enters the record as quasi-autonomous public organisation between 1933 and 1949. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what London, Passenger and Transport can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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