London General Omnibus Company Maps Last updated 2 July 2008

 

London General issued monthly bus maps, not occasionally combining a couple of issues into one. A map of the route network was on one side, with full route details plus an index on the other.

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M A P S

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The first London General Omnibus Company map was issued in 1911, and featured only 23 routes. The slogans “Open Air to Everywhere” and “Travel Above Ground” were quickly abandoned after the company became part of the Underground group a year later. Green & Rewse-Davies, Designed for London	January 1912	November 1912
August 1913	September 1913	March 1914	May 1914 L156	August 1915
September 1916
April 1922	June 1922	January 1924	1924 Nº 12	1925 Nº 1
1925 Nº 2	1925 Nº 3	1925 Nº 4	1925 Nº 5 & 6	1925 Nº 7
1925 Nº 8	1925 Nº 9	1925 Nº 11 & 12	1926 Nº 1	1926 Nº 3
1926 Nº 4	1926 Nº 5	1926 Nº 6 & 7	1927 Nº 1	1927 Nº 2
1927 Nº 3	1927 Nº 8	1927 Nº 10 & 11		1928 Nº 6
1930 Nº 3	1930 Nº 7	1930 Nº 9
1931 Nº 3	1931 Nº 4	1931 Nº 5 & 6 “As soon as you have mastered the language of a map, you have mastered the clue to a new and never-ending joy.” Robert Mearns.	1931 Nº 7	1931 Nº 11 & 12
1932 Nº 2
1932 Nº 5	1932 Nº 12	1933 Nº 1	1933 Nº 2	1933 Nº 3
Winter 1933-4 “The Omnibus is a handsome machine in the shape of a van accomodating 18 persons, and drawn by three beautiful bays.” Morning Post, July, 1829.	← One of the intermediate issues of maps between the London General influence finally biting the dust, and the new London Passenger Transport Board image appearing. This is the second issue of the Winter 1933-34 map and detailed route guide. (The first had “WINTER SERVICE” in two lines.) The last London General map issued. 1934 Nº 3 was the first Central Area bus map produced under the auspices of the new London Passenger Transport Board. →	1934 Nº 2

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ROUTE GUIDES

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April 1923	September 1923	← Guide for Town and Country Services By London’s Motor-Buses. 35 pages giving the times, routes and number of buses. It also advertises Motor Coach Tours, Whole Day Tours and Specials, as well as services operated by The East Surrey Traction Company and Thames Valley Traction Ltd.	Country Routes Summer Season 1924	December 1924
Country Routes Summer Season 1926	1930 Nº 2

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