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Last updated 17 June 2008

 

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1934 Nº 4
← This is the second edition of the Central Area bus map produced under the auspices of the new London Passenger Transport Board. Numbers 1 and 2 of 1934 were “General” (LGOC) productions.
1934/5 Nº 5

1935 Nº 1
← The first of four issues of the Central Area Bus Map in 1935. They include route details for all services, and a full index of localities.

1935 Nº 2

1936 Nº 1

1937 Nº 1


1937 Nº 4

1937 Nº 5

1938 Nº 1

1938 Nº 3

1938 Nº 4


1939 Nº 1

1939 Nº 2

1939 Nº 4

1940 Nº 1
← The back of this map lists the bus numbers and routes, and has an alphabetical index of destinations served.


1946 Nº 1

1946 Nº 2
← The second of the two issues of 1946 Central Area Bus Map. It includes a semi-geographic network map of the period on one side, and details of all routes and night bus services plus an index on the other.
The 1947 Nº1 issue of the London Passenger Transport Board’s Central Area Bus Map, issued at the time of maximum usage of the network in the post-war austerity days. There is a large diagrammatic network map on one side, and details of all services then operated on the other. →

1947 Nº 1

1947 Nº 2


January 1949

948/2169E (No.1) 250,000
← The first of the three different issues of the January 1949 Central Area Bus Map. This one has the text
January 1949
until further notice
centred on the front cover. The main map is on one side, with a Central Area enlargement, a list of routes and an index on the other.

January 1949

549-1078D-100,000(R)

January 1951
151-2554D-250,000

April 1952
252/273E 250,000
← The first of two issues produced of the April 1952 Central Area Bus Map. This one with includes the usual network map on one side, and details of all routes and a Central area map on the other.
1954
1053/2103E 250M

1956
1055/2157E 250M

1957
1056/2771E/500M

1957
557/1214L/500M

1958
758/1641E/600M

1959

459.806E.250M. (No.2)

1960
160/1E.250M. (No.1)

1960
1060 2483E 350M (No.4)

1961
461 1143E 350M (No.2)

1961 Nº 2 (April)
461 1143E 350M. (No.2)

1961 Nº 3 (June)

1962 Nº 1
162/5E 150M. (No.1)

1962 Nº 3
862/2329E 250M (No.3)

1963
463/1044E 350m No.2

1963
1163/3125E 250m (No.3)R.

1964

1964 Nº 2
564/1619 E (350m) No.2

1965
665/2020Z/250M (No.1)R

1966 Nº 1
266/417Z/350,000 No.1

1966 Nº 2
566/1701Z/500,000 No.2

1967 Nº 1
1166/3758Z/350,000 No.1

1967 Nº 2
567/1329Z/350,000 No.2

1968 Nº 1
168/283Z/500,000 No.1

1969
1168/3087Z/500,000 No.2


1969
769/2546Z/500,000 No.1

1970
1269/4352Z/500,000

1970
670/1539M/250,000

1971

1972 Nº 1
172/1000M/250,000 8.1.72


1973 Nº 1
173/1000M/500,000

1973 Nº 2
473/1923M/500,000

1974
873/2753M/500000

1974 Nº 1
1073/3186M/500,000

1974 Nº 2
974/2465M/500000 (R)

1975 Nº 1
1274/3066M/500000

1975 Nº 2
675/2490M 500000

1976 Nº 1
276/1324M/1000M

1976 Nº 2
577/1930M/500M


1977 Nº 1
23.8.77/1951M/500,000

1978 Nº 1
478/1746M/500,000

1978 Nº 2

478/1746M/500,000
No.3 issue 18.6.78

1978 Nº 3

878/2440M/500,000
No.4 issue 28.10.78


1979 Nº 1
179/1102M/500,000

1979 Nº 1
479/2088M/500,000R
Reprinted

1979 Nº 2
1079/3305M/500,000R Sept. 1979 Nº 6


1980 Nº 1
480/1520M/500,000

1981 Nº 2
181/1021M/300,000

1981 Nº 4
881/000222/200,000

1982 Nº 1


1984
Nº 1 1984 London-Wide

Spring 1986

Summer 1986
Nº 4 1986 London-Wide

686/19549/600M(1491D)


Spring 1990

Summer 1990

Winter 1990

July 1992

August 1993

April 1996

December 1996
LTB1113.12.97

September 1997
LTB1459.8.97

September 1998
LTB2100.8.98

April 1999
LTB2479.4.99

 

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