Company information

Bus and taxi TfL was created in 2000 as the integrated body responsible for the Capital's transport system, with Bob Kiley appointed as London's first Commissioner of Transport. Peter Hendy is the current commissioner.

The main role of TfL, which is part of the Greater London Authority, is to put the Mayor of London's Transport Strategy into action and manage the Capital's transport services.

We manage and are responsible for:

London's buses
The Underground
Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
London Overground
Tramlink
Managing London River Services
Running Victoria Coach Station
Running the London Transport Museum
580km of main roads and all of London's traffic lights
Managing the Congestion Charging scheme
Regulating the city's taxis and private hire trade
Promoting a range of walking and cycling initiatives
Making London's transport more accessible through coordinating schemes for people with impaired mobility and running Dial-a-Ride alongside the London boroughs' Taxicard scheme

The organisation is made up of a number of companies. Details of each are shown below.

London Undergound Limited

Responsible for operating the London Underground train network and owns (in whole or in part) over 250 London Underground stations.

London Underground Ltd
Company No. 01900907
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
55 Broadway
London SW1H 0BD

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London Buses Limited

Responsible for operating certain bus routes in East London and Dial-a-Ride, which provides door-to-door transport for people with disabilities.

London Buses Ltd
Company No. 01900906
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL

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London Bus Services Limited

Responsible for the regulation of the London bus network, including planning bus routes and setting bus services levels. The company also monitors service quality. It is responsible for providing bus infrastructure and for certain support services regarding the bus network, and the management of Tramlink.

London Bus services Ltd
Company No. 03914787
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL

Victoria Coach Station Limited

Operates Victoria Coach Station, which is responsible for providing an arrival and departures facility for coaches in London.

Victoria Coach Station Ltd
Company No. 00205610
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
Victoria Coach Station
Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL

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London River Services Limited

Operates and manages eight piers on the River Thames, licences boat services using those piers and subsidises multi-stop commuter services provided by a private operator.

London River Services Ltd
Company No. 03485723
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
172 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TN

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Docklands Light Railway Limited

Owns the land on which the Docklands Light Railway is built and is responsible for the operation of the railway.

Docklands Light Railway Ltd
Company No. 02052677
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
Operations and maintenance centre
PO BOX 154
Castor Lane, Poplar
London E14 0DX

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TfL Trustee Company Limited

Trustee of the TfL Pension Fund.

TfL Trustee Companys Ltd
Company No. 02338675
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
55 Broadway
London SW1H 0BD

Transport Trading Limited

The holding company for all the operating transport companies owned by TfL. It also carries out certain other trading activities, such as running the London Transport Museum. It receives the revenues from the sales of Travelcards in connection with all forms of transport operated by TfL. By law, TfL cannot carry out certain activities except through a limited liability company which is a subsidiary of TfL or which TfL formed or joined with others in forming.

Transport Trading Ltd
Company No. 03914810
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL

London Transport Insurance (Guernsey) Limited

An insurance company based in Guernsey which provides insurance services to TfL, its subsidiaries and some of their contractors.

London Transport Insurance (Guernsey) Ltd
Company No. 28442
Place of registration - Guernsey
Registered office:
4th Floor, The Albany,
South Esplanade,
St Peter Port
Guernsey

Dial-a-Ride Limited

Incorporated in 1991 as a contingency measure, should it have become necessary at that time for certain services to be operated directly; it has never traded. It is own by London Bus Services Limited.

Dial-a-Ride Ltd
Company No. 02602192
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL
VAT No. 756277008

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UKTRAM Limited

An associate company of London Bus Services limited (LBSL). It is limited by guarantee and owned in equal shares by LBSL, the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK, PTEG Limited and the Light Rapid Transit Forum. The main purpose of UKTram Limited is to represent the UK tramway industry in dealing with government and statutory bodies in developing a coordinated and structured approach to regulation, procurement and standardisation within the industry.

UKTRAM Ltd
Company No. 05554196
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
TfL Secretariat Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL
VAT Number: 872 9547 75

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Cross London Rail Links Limited

A joint venture company that was formed by Transport Trading Limited and the SRA Investment Company Limited (SICL), then a wholly owned subsidiary of the Strategic Rail Authority. All of the SRA's shares in SICL have been transferred to the Department for Transport.

Cross London Rail Links Ltd
Company No. 04212657
Place of registration - United Kingdom
Registered office:
Portland House
Bressenden Place
London SW1H 0PT
VAT No: 788 1379 75

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Rail for London Ltd

A wholly owned subsidiary of Transport Trading Ltd. It will carry out the infrastructure upgrade for the North London line and enter into a concession agreement for the London Rail Concession.

Company No. 05965930
Place of registration - England and Wales
Registered Office:
Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0TL
VAT No: 756 2770 08