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London Transport Collection

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Row of Routemaster buses at Chiswick bus garage October 1962

Row of Routemaster buses at Chiswick bus garage October 1962. Picture taken from window of Routemaster bus

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Charing Cross Station in the distance, on The Strand and next to Trafalgar Square

Charing Cross Station in the distance, on The Strand and next to Trafalgar Square. Picture shows pedestrians and the bustling London traffic

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Charing Cross Station, on The Strand and next to Trafalgar Square

Charing Cross Station, on The Strand and next to Trafalgar Square, showing bust London traffic. Picture taken 20th November 1933

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: The last of the women conductors taking a fare on a London Bus

The last of the women conductors taking a fare on a London Bus. By the 3rd October 1919 all the women conductors were retire as they were replace by men coming home from the first world war

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Jimmy Greaves senior seen here wearing a London Transport hat. 19th September 1957

Jimmy Greaves senior seen here wearing a London Transport hat. 19th September 1957

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Bible and ticket punchers. 5th March 1954 It might have been beneficial at that

Bible and ticket punchers. 5th March 1954 It might have been beneficial at that, but it gave me the impression as if somebody was shooting at a sitting bird when one of these religious sandwich men

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Ladies trying to find their umbrellas in the London Transport Lost Property Office

Ladies trying to find their umbrellas in the London Transport Lost Property Office, Lambeth. All these umbrellas were lost just in April. 27th May 1929

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of

A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of the bus at a London Transport garage. 30th May 1935

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Commuters swarm on to a number 649 bus in Tottenham on a gloomy winters evening

Commuters swarm on to a number 649 bus in Tottenham on a gloomy winters evening. 21st November 1945

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of

A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of the bus at a London Transport garage. 30th May 1935

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Commuters swarm on to a number 649 bus in Tottenham on a gloomy winters evening

Commuters swarm on to a number 649 bus in Tottenham on a gloomy winters evening. 21st November 1945

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Buses driven by volunteers seen here in Oxford Street during the 10th day of

Buses driven by volunteers seen here in Oxford Street during the 10th day of the General Strike. The police escort was there to deter strikers from tampering with the engine

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Sentry stands guard at a bus depot on the 9th day of the General Strike

Sentry stands guard at a bus depot on the 9th day of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages and a lock out

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Bus driven by a volunteer seen here during the 10th day of the General Strike

Bus driven by a volunteer seen here during the 10th day of the General Strike. The policeman and the barbed wire on the bonnet were there to deter strikers from tampering with the engine

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: Blitz: Taken from the German word Blitzkrieg ( lightning war )

Blitz: Taken from the German word Blitzkrieg ( lightning war ), this was the British name for the Luftwaffes sustained night attacks against their cities from September 7th 1940 to midway 1941

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: London travellers are soaked by the rain as the end of the 1976 drought is officially

London travellers are soaked by the rain as the end of the 1976 drought is officially announced by the government. November 1976

Background imageLondon Transport Collection: London Transport Double Decker bus and crew seen here at the Chiswick bus garage

London Transport Double Decker bus and crew seen here at the Chiswick bus garage - September 1962


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