London's Passenger Transport

London passenger transport has now been unified by the setting up of what is styled the London Passenger Transport Board, serving the whole of the metropolis and extending outwards as far as points such as Guildford, Hitchin, Luton, High Wycombe and Slough.

All forms of passenger transport are included in the plan-railways, underground railways, omnibuses, street tramways, etc. and provision is made for the co-ordination of the London suburban passenger services of the main-line railways. Passenger receipts of the Board are to be pooled with those of the main-line railways in the London area, and altogether the scheme is most comprehensive. To appreciate its magnitude, it may be noted that there are more than 600 suburban passenger stations on the main-line railways in the area involved. In this area something like 500,000,000 passenger journeys are annually undertaken, representing approximately 4,750,000,000 miles of travel.

(From our London Correspondent.)

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