Talk:London Passenger Transport Board

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Appointment of the Board[edit]

The Act specifies the Appointing Trustees. The Board, according to the Act, consists of a Chairman and six other members: it doesn't specify a vice-chairman (though Frank Pick was accepted as filling that role; and Lord Ashfield was generally expected to be appointed Chairman). The Act implies that the trustees acting together appoint all these members. It may be that in practice each Trustee did appoint one each of the members; but is there specific evidence that that is precisely what happened? Ivanberti 12:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting question, and I believe I found the answer courtesy of an article in JSTOR, namely:

The London Passenger Transport Act of 1933: A New Socialization by Alfred Plummer, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 48, No. 1. (Nov., 1933), pp. 181-193.

The Appointing Trustees were convened by the Minister of Transport
Three members constituted a quorum
Decisions were made by a majority of votes of the members present
Chairman had a casting vote
The period of office (between three and seven years) was determined in each case by the Trustees
Members were eligible for reappointment

The chairman and other members the Board had to be "persons who have had wide experience, and have shown capacity, in transport, industrial, commercial or financial matters or in the conduct of public affairs and, in the case of two members, shall be persons who have had not less than six years experience in local government within the London Passenger Transport Area." Lozleader 16:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tramways[edit]

I moved this from the article to here:

Note by editor FNM600: (talk) 03:09, 7 August 2012 (UTC)): The sum of the route miles doesn't add up. There is a need to check the sources. There seem to be some double counting! The same goes for the N. of tramcars

Lozleader (talk) 09:18, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chacked the article history and the figure was originally added [1] in March 2011 by an editor who does not seem to be very active. as they did not add references it seems to be original research. Removed. Lozleader (talk) 09:26, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]