List of heads of public transport authorities in London

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, 1933–1947^[1]
Lord Latham, 1947^[2]

London Transport Executive

Chairmen of London Transport Executive:

Lord Latham, 1948–1953^[3]
Sir John Elliot, 1953–1959^[4]
Sir Alexander Valentine, 1959–1963^[4]

London Transport Board

Chairmen of London Transport Board:

Sir Alexander Valentine, 1963–1965^[4]
Sir Maurice Holmes, 1965–1969^[5]

London Transport Executive

Chairmen of London Transport Executive:

Sir Richard Way, 1970–1975^[6]
Sir Kenneth Robinson, 1975–1978^[7]
Ralph Bennett, 1978–1980^[8]^[9]
Sir Peter Masefield, 1980–1982^[10]^[11]
Sir Keith Bright, 1982–1984^[12]

London Regional transport

Chairmen of London Regional Transport:

Sir Keith Bright, 1984–1988^[13]
Sir Neil Shields, 1988–1989^[13]
Sir Wilfrid Newton, 1989–1994^[14]
Sir Malcolm Bates, 1999–2001^[15]
Bob Kiley, 2001^[16]
Sir Malcolm Bates, 2001–2003^[15]

Transport for London

Commissioners of Transport for London:

Bob Kiley, 2000–2006^[16]^[17]
Sir Peter Hendy, 2006–2015^[18]
Mike Brown, 2015–present

References

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↑ "L.P.T.B. Chairmanship". The Times (50908). 3 November 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ Day, John R; Reed, John (2008) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground. Capital Transport. p. 150. ISBN 1-85414-316-6.
1 2 3 Day, John R; Reed, John (2008) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground. Capital Transport. p. 163. ISBN 1-85414-316-6.
↑ "New Chairman for London Transport". The Times (56185). 3 December 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ Roberts, Frank; Baily, Michael (22 October 1969). "GLC to get transport free of £250m debt". The Times (57697). p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ Warman, Christopher (12 June 1974). "Mr Kenneth Robinson's transport post causes dispute between party leaders". The Times (59113). p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ "Ralph Featherstone Bennett". Who's Who. A & C Black/Oxford University Press. November 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ "Transport chief to go". The Times (60228). 4 February 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ "Sir Peter Masefield". Who's Who. A & C Black/Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ Eccelstone, Jacob (13 August 1980). "Sir Peter at the wheel for London Transport". The Times (60702). p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ Baily, Michael (18 May 1982). "Top LT job is offered to food firm man". The Times (61236). p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
1 2 "Sir Neil Shields". Daily Telegraph. 18 September 2002. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ "Sir Charles Wilfrid Newton". Who's Who. A & C Black/Oxford University Press. November 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
1 2 "Sir Malcolm Bates: industrialist". The Times. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
1 2 "Kiley hits out over sacking". BBC News. 17 July 2001. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ "Mayor announces Bob Kiley to stand down". london.gov.uk. Greater London Authority. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
↑ "Peter Hendy". Who's Who. A & C Black/Oxford University Press. November 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2010.

Heads of public transport authorities in London

London Passenger Transport Board	Lord Ashfield (1933–1947) Lord Latham (1947)

London Transport Executive	Lord Latham (1948–1953) Sir John Elliot (1953–1959) Sir Alexander Valentine (1959–1963)

London Transport Board	Sir Alexander Valentine (1963–1965) Sir Maurice Holmes (1965–1969)

London Transport Executive	Sir Richard Way (1970–1975) Sir Kenneth Robinson (1975–1978) Ralph Bennett (1978–1980) Sir Peter Masefield (1980-1982) Sir Keith Bright (1982–1984)

London Regional Transport	Sir Keith Bright (1984–1988) Sir Neil Shields (1988–1989) Sir Wilfrid Newton (1989–1994) Sir Malcolm Bates (1999–2001) Bob Kiley (2001) Sir Malcolm Bates (2001–2003)

Transport for London	Bob Kiley (2000–2006) Sir Peter Hendy (2006–2015) Mike Brown (2015–)

London Transport portal

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva London CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Arriva Rail London c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland South West Trains Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster

Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

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List of heads of public transport authorities in London

London Passenger Transport Board

London Transport Executive

London Transport Board

London Transport Executive

London Regional transport

Transport for London

See also

References