List of heads of public transport authorities in London

Overview of the heads of bus, rail and Underground planning in the English capital

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
Lord Latham, 1947

London Transport Executive

Chairmen of London Transport Executive:

Lord Latham, 1948–1953
Sir John Elliot, 1953–1959
Sir Alexander Valentine, 1959–1963

London Transport Board

Chairmen of London Transport Board:

Sir Alexander Valentine, 1963–1965
Sir Maurice Holmes, 1965–1969

London Transport Executive

Chairmen of 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

Chairmen of London Regional Transport:

Sir Keith Bright, 1984–1988
Sir Neil Shields, 1988–1989
Sir Wilfrid Newton, 1989–1994
Peter Ford, 1994–1998
Sir Malcolm Bates, 1999–2001
Bob Kiley, 2001
Sir Malcolm Bates, 2001–2003

Transport for London

Commissioners of Transport for London:

Bob Kiley, 2000–2006
Sir Peter Hendy, 2006–2015
Mike Brown, 2015–2020
Andy Byford, 2020–2022
Andy Lord, 2023–present

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v t e 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) Peter Ford (1994–1998) 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 (2015–2020) Andy Byford (2020–2022) Andy Lord (2023–present)
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Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for
London (TfL)

London Underground	Night Tube Bakerloo Central Circle District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Metropolitan Northern Piccadilly Victoria Waterloo & City
London Rail	Docklands Light Railway Elizabeth line Tramlink London Overground North London East London South London West London Gospel Oak to Barking Lea Valley Romford–Upminster Watford DC
London Buses	East London Transit Superloop Night buses
Other	Coach station Cycle hire Dial-a-Ride IFS Cloud Cable Car London River Services London Streets Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators

River operators

Train operators

Other

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow London Heliport Military: Northolt Private: Biggin Hill
Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

Major stations

Central area	Baker Street Bank-Monument Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Earl's Court Elephant & Castle Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street Green Park 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 Lewisham London City Airport Richmond Stratford Surbiton Sutton Upminster West Ham West Hampstead stations Whitechapel Willesden Junction 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 North Circular Road South Circular Road
Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone Ultra Low Emission Zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

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