Since the creation of the
London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, non-mainline railway and road passenger transport in London and the surrounding area has been under central or local government control in a variety of forms. The following persons headed the public transport authorities responsible for managing these services.
London Passenger Transport Board
Chairmen of
London Passenger Transport Board:
*
Lord Ashfield
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, (8 August 1874 – 4 November 1948), born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American businessman who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London ...
, 1933–1947
*
Lord Latham, 1947
London Transport Executive
Chairmen of
London Transport Executive:
*
Lord Latham, 1948–1953
*Sir
John Elliot, 1953–1959
*Sir
Alexander Valentine
Sir Alexander (Alec) Balmain Bruce Valentine OStJ MA (22 December 1899 – 1 December 1977), was Chairman of the London Transport Executive from 1959 to 1963 and Chairman of the London Transport Board from 1963 to 1965.
Family
Valentine was bo ...
, 1959–1963
London Transport Board
Chairmen of
London Transport Board
The London Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport (except main-line trains) in London, England, and its environs from 1963 to 1969. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public na ...
:
*Sir
Alexander Valentine
Sir Alexander (Alec) Balmain Bruce Valentine OStJ MA (22 December 1899 – 1 December 1977), was Chairman of the London Transport Executive from 1959 to 1963 and Chairman of the London Transport Board from 1963 to 1965.
Family
Valentine was bo ...
, 1963–1965
*Sir
Maurice Holmes, 1965–1969
London Transport Executive
Chairmen of
London Transport Executive:
*Sir
Richard Way
Sir Richard George Kitchener Way Order of the Bath, KCB Order of the British Empire, CBE (15 September 1914 – 2 October 1998), commonly known as Sam Way, was a British civil servant, Chairman of London Transport and Principal of King's Coll ...
, 1970–1975
*Sir
Kenneth Robinson, 1975–1978
*
Ralph Bennett
Ralph Featherstone Bennett FIMechE, FCILT, FRSA (3 December 1923 – 10 November 2015) was a British transport administrator who was general manager of Manchester City Transport from 1965 to 1968 and chairman of the London Transport Executive ...
, 1978–1980
*Sir
Peter Masefield, 1980–1982
*Sir
Keith Bright, 1982–1984
London Regional Transport
Chairmen of
London Regional Transport:
*Sir
Keith Bright, 1984–1988
*Sir
Neil Shields
Sir Neil Stanley Shields, OBE, MC (7 September 1919 – 12 September 2002) was a British politician and businessman.
Shields was born in London and served as a major in the Royal Artillery in World War II, during which time he was awarded t ...
, 1988–1989
*Sir
Wilfrid Newton, 1989–1994
*
Peter Ford, 1994–1998
*Sir
Malcolm Bates, 1999–2001
*
Bob Kiley, 2001
*Sir Malcolm Bates, 2001–2003
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Transport for London
Commissioners
A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something).
In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...
of Transport for London:
* Bob Kiley, 2000–2006[
*Sir Peter Hendy, 2006–2015
* Mike Brown, 2015–2020
* Andy Byford, 2020–2022]
See also
*History of public transport authorities in London
The history of public transport authorities in London details the various organisations that have been responsible for the public transport network in and around London, England - including buses, coaches, trams
A tram (called a str ...
*Transport in London
London has an extensive and developed transport network which includes both private and public services. Journeys made by public transport systems account for 37% of London's journeys while private services accounted for 36% of journeys, walkin ...
References
{{Transport in London
History of transport in London
British public transport executives