Poster; London's Transport No.2, thirty-five thousand passengers in fifteen minutes, 1939 - 1946
Main details
| Reference number | 2015/1536 |
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| Description | Three photographic images with text. The larger main image on left side of poster shows passengers boarding a train at either Piccadilly or Oxford circus underground station. The top image on the right shows passengers in a London underground train. The image underneath shows passengers going down to the trains on a moving staircase. There is also a round light blue logo on bottom left with union jack flag on a pole with for victory written underneath. |
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| Dates | 1939-1946 |
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| Print code | G.P.D. 365/13/28 |
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| Completeness | 70% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 367mmWidth 490mmColour Attribute Value Colour - Cream
- gold
Item content Attribute Value Object title London's Transport No.2, thirty-five thousand passengers in fifteen minutesText So great is the concentration of business and light industry in inner London / that during the peak 15 minutes in the evenings some 35,000 passengers / bound for home board the Underground trains at stations in the central area. / The same sort of thing happens in the mornings, when about 26,000 / workers arrive by Underground in one 15-minute period. Before the war, / within a radius of 25 miles of Charing Cross, London Transport operated / 3,200 railway cars, 2,600 trams, 6,000 buses and coaches. All told these / vehicles ran 537,000,000 miles a year and carried more than three and a / half thousand million passengers. Through all the dangers and difficulties / of war, London Transport has maintained an adequate and efficient service. -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Artist Unknown,Commissioner General Production Division (G.P.D ), 1939-1946Publisher General Production Division (G.P.D ), 1939-1946