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London buses continued to operate under the London Transport name from 1933 to 2000, although the political management of transport services changed several times. This included the London General country buses (later to be London Transport's green buses), Green Line Coaches and the services of several Tilling Group and independent companies. The LPTB, under Lord Ashfield, assumed responsibility for all bus services in the London Passenger Transport Area, an area with a radius of about 30 miles from Central London. Suffixes were gradually abolished over the decades, the last such route in London being the 77A, which became the 87 in June 2006.

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This ultimately led to chaos, and in the London Passenger Transport Act 1933 the power to allocate route numbers was taken away from the police and handed once again to professional busmen. In 1924, under the London Traffic Act, the Metropolitan Police was authorised to allocate route numbers, which all buses had to carry. When the independent firms started in 1922, they used General route numbers, along with alphabetical suffixes to denote branch routes.

The name London General was replaced by London Transport, which became synonymous with the red London bus. In 1933 the LGOC, along with the rest of the Underground Group, became part of the new London Passenger Transport Board. In 1912 the Underground Group, which at that time owned most of the London Underground, bought the LGOC. May 1912 London General Omnibus Company route map, showing the first 50 or so bus routes, many of which are broadly unchanged to the present day

In 1919 the National company reached agreement with the LGOC to withdraw from bus operation in London, and steam bus services ceased later that year. However, also in 1909 Thomas Clarkson started the National Steam Car Company to run steam buses in London in competition with the LGOC. The agreement restricted the expansion of Thomas Tilling in London, and allowed the LGOC to lead an amalgamation of most of London's bus services. In 1909 Thomas Tilling and LGOC entered into an agreement to pool their resources. The last LGOC horse-drawn bus ran on 25 October 1911, although independent operators used them until 1914. In 1904 Thomas Tilling started its first motor bus service. LGOC began using motor omnibuses in 1902, and manufactured them itself from 1909. In 1850 Thomas Tilling started horse bus services, and in 1855 the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) was founded to amalgamate and regulate the horse-drawn omnibus services then operating in London. History Management of London Transport 1933-2000Ī post-privatisation London bus bearing private operator brandingīuses have been used on the streets of London since 1829, when George Shillibeer started operating his horse-drawn omnibus service from Paddington to the City. 2.1.2 Transition to zero emission bus fleet.2.1.1 New Routemaster and bendy bus withdrawal.