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London Transport class E3 trams on Kingsway Subway routes 35 and 33. These routes linked the north and south sides of the London tram system, running underground from Southampton Row through the Subway to the Victoria Embankment and over Westmiinster Bridge. The last traditional trams ran in London on 5th July 1952.

A coloured black and white photo.

Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), 2015, for Urbanest. 1,100 student rooms, a sixth-form college for 700 students, workspace, health suite with swimming pool and leisure facilities on the lower level. London Borough of Lambeth.

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Transport UK New Routemaster LT21 at the St Thomas Hospital / County Hall stop in Westminster Bridge Road, having just crossed the Thames on a 159 to Streatham, with Go-Ahead's LT898 behind on route 12.
LT21 was part of the first production batch, introduced by Metroline on route 24 in June 2013. This bus moved with the route to what was then Abellio in late 2019, and has since been refurbished and fitted with side cameras in place of mirrors - yet is still carrying the old name for this operator.

In Westminster Bridge Road, by Kennington Road, London SE1.

The mighty Royal Commission on London Traffic that was set up to report on "the means of locomotion and transport" in the Metropolis and to report on the better organisation, development and inter-connections between the various methods of mechanical transport. The Commission was pertinent given the rapid shift to electric operation of tramways at the time as well as the many, opposing, plans for additional deep level tube lines. Volume 5 contains dozens of plans and maps illustrating the current situation in London, relating to congestion, population, workplaces as well as the contemporary transport network and proposals. The information comes from a variety of sources who were asked to give evidence to the Commission.

The volume includes a series of photographs taken in 1903 and submitted by the Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Sir Alexander Carmichael Bruce. Several of the photos show the congestion at tramway termini and interchanges; many of these, on the 'boundary' of the Cities of London and Westminster, were effectively created by these two inner local authorities who resolutely opposed tramways meaning that interchange to horse bus or the infant tube system was necessary thus causing much congestion. In 1906 some of this on the south side was partially solved by the London County Council who 'breeched' the cordon sanitaire by dint of finally extending their tramways across Westminster and Blackfriars Bridges, along the Embankment and through the Kingsway tram subway that they built and operated. However in many other places the edge of city termini persisted even into trolleybus days.

The photo of Elephant and Castle shows a landscape so much changed by WW2 bombing and post-war redevelopment by the LCC. The scene shows both horse trams and the early conduit electric system that the LCC introduced in 1903 a few months before this photograph was taken. Even in this local authority opposition to the streetscape impact of overhead cables forced the LCC into the complex and expense under road conduit system in large areas of inner London. The new electric conduit trams can also be seen in the photo of Westminster Bridge Road. As far as I can see there are no motorised vehicles in either scene, something that would soon start to change.

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In Southwark, London SE1.

In north of Lambeth, London SE1. Christ Church & Upton Chapel beyond.

Outside Tesco’s

The bus was working the 12 service towards Dulwich Library.

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Wright NBFL Routemaster

Abellio

Catholic cathedral for Southwark. In link of Westminster Bridge Road and St George's Road, London.

(c.1910)
(2023)

A view looking west along the south side of Westminster Bridge with Big Ben visible on the opposite bank.





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In Southwark, London SE1. Behind Catholic cathedral, looking towards Oasis Church Waterloo, a Baptist church.

London, 1956.

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(c.1870 - c.1885)
(2023)

A view looking east along the north side of Westminster Bridge with two incarnations of St Thomas' Hospital visible in both photos on the opposite bank south of the bridge.





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