Ralph Featherstone Bennett | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Plymouth, Devon, U.K. | December 3, 1923
Died | November 10, 2015 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 91)
Occupation | British Transport Administrator |
Ralph Featherstone Bennett FIMechE, FCILT, FRSA (3 December 1923 – 10 November 2015) was a British transport administrator who was general manager of Manchester City Transport from 1965 to 1968 and chairman of the London Transport Executive from 1978 to 1980. Bennett introduced one-man operation to buses in Manchester and London and promoted London Underground's extension of the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Airport and the construction of the Jubilee line.