• Thumbnail for City and South London Railway
    The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first successful deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use...
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    underground railway in London, following the City and South London Railway (now part of the Northern line). Its construction was supported by the London and South...
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  • Thumbnail for London and South Western Railway
    The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton...
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  • Thumbnail for London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
    The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR (known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton)) was a railway company in...
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  • Thumbnail for Bank and Monument stations
    The Waterloo & City Railway was built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) to link its terminus at Waterloo to the City. The station, with...
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  • Thumbnail for Hammersmith & City line
    The Hammersmith & City line is a London Underground line that runs between Hammersmith in west London and Barking in east London. Coloured pink on the...
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  • Thumbnail for London Bridge station
    London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London. It occupies a large area...
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  • Thumbnail for St Pancras railway station
    St Pancras railway station (/ˈpæŋkrəs/), officially known since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a major central London railway terminus on...
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  • Thumbnail for History of the London Underground
    miles (80 km) from Baker Street and the centre of London. The first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway, opened in 1890 with electric...
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  • Thumbnail for London station group
    The London station group is a group of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London. The group contains all 14 terminal stations...
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  • Thumbnail for London Waterloo station
    built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR). It was not designed to be a terminus, but a stop on an extension towards the City. It replaced...
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  • Thumbnail for Piccadilly line
    Railways of London (UERL) took over the line, it was renamed the Piccadilly line. Subsequent extensions were made to Cockfosters, Hounslow West and Uxbridge...
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  • Thumbnail for London Underground
    first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network has expanded...
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    a guards' compartment. In 1890, the City and South London Railway opened the world's first deep-level tube railway, using electric locomotives pulling...
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  • Thumbnail for Northern City Line
    The Northern City Line is a commuter railway line in England, which runs from Moorgate station to Finsbury Park in London with services running beyond...
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    largest port, and the heart of international finance and trade. Railways connecting London to the rest of Britain, as well as the London Underground, were...
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  • Thumbnail for City of London
    The City of London, widely referred to simply as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre...
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  • Thumbnail for Moorgate station
    Moorgate is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London. Main line railway services for Hertford...
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  • Thumbnail for Sutton railway station (London)
    Sutton railway station (sometimes referred to as Sutton (Surrey) on tickets and timetables) is in the London Borough of Sutton in South London and is the...
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  • Thumbnail for Central London Railway
    of London with a connection to the then-under construction, City and South London Railway (C&SLR) at Arthur Street West. The CLR was to run in a pair...
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  • Postman's Park in the City is unveiled. 5 July: Thames Ironworks F.C. is relaunched as West Ham United F.C. 30 July: The Central London Railway, core of the modern-day...
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  • Thumbnail for Central line (London Underground)
    electric arc lamps, and other station areas by incandescent lamps. Both the City and South London Railway and the Waterloo and City Railway were lit by gas...
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  • Thumbnail for South Western Railway
    South Western Railway (SWR; legal name First MTR South Western Trains Limited,) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR...
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    Budapest Metro (category Railway lines opened in 1896)
    underground railway after the City and South London Railway of 1890, now a part of London Underground, and the third oldest underground railway with multiple...
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  • Thumbnail for East London line
    Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR), the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR), the South Eastern Railway (SER), the Metropolitan Railway, and the...
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  • Thumbnail for London Underground electric locomotives
    London Underground when the first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), was opened in 1890. The first underground railways...
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  • Thumbnail for Fenchurch Street railway station
    Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Railway electrification in Great Britain
    system in 1890 on the City and South London Railway, now part of the London Underground Northern line. The Liverpool Overhead Railway followed in 1893, being...
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  • Thumbnail for South Eastern Railway (England)
    expansion and feuding with its neighbours; the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) in the west and the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR)...
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  • Tube railways, which caused less disruption because they were constructed by boring a tunnel, arrived in 1890, with the opening of the City and South London...
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