Transport company. It was originally an Anglo-French enterprise, also known as the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de Londres. It became the largest omnibus operator in London, buying out hundreds of independently owned buses. In 1912, it was bought by the Underground Group, which owned most of the London Underground, and eventually became, first, part of the new London Passenger Transport Board, and then Transport for London.
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London General Omnibus Company
72 Farm Lane This building was constructed over market gardens in 1889 as two...
Local History - Hounslow Town Railway Station {Above and below a line drawing...
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London General Omnibus Company
The unveiling image (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) is ca...
The photo (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) of the plaque i...
"No greater honour..etc." is surely a quotation but we cannot source it.
This scheme converted a roundabout, which was unfriendly to pedestrians and people on bikes, into two-way roads and created a plaza in front of the station. This is happening at many locations all ...
A steam-powered armoured frigate. She and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the Gloire. She became obs...
Formed by the amalgamation of several railway companies, including: London South Western Railway; London, Brighton & South Coast Railway and South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Southern Railwa...
The only surviving tollgate in London. The current charge (2018) is £1.20. This drawing shows the tollgate in possibly the late 18th or early 19th century.
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