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Westcott railway station was a small station built to serve the village of Westcott, Buckinghamshire, and nearby buildings attached to Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's estate at Waddesdon Manor. It was built by the Duke of Buckingham in 1871 as part of a short private horse-drawn tramway for the Duke's estates in Buckinghamshire and to connect to the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway at Quainton Road. In 1872 the tramway was extended to Brill to provide a passenger service becoming known as the Brill Tramway. In 1899, the operation of the line was taken over by the Metropolitan Railway.
Following the 1933 transfer of the Metropolitan Railway to public ownership to become the Metropolitan line of London Transport, Westcott station became a part of the London Underground, despite being over 40 miles (60 km) from central London. The management of London Transport believed it very unlikely that the line could ever be made viable, and Westcott station was closed, along with the rest of the line, in November 1935. The station building and its associated house are the only significant buildings from the Brill Tramway to survive other than the former junction station at Quainton Road. (Full article...)
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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, CB (28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer. As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works his major achievement was the creation (in response to the Great Stink of 1858) of a sewer network for central London which was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics, while beginning the cleansing of the River Thames.
Bazelgette was also responsible for the design of the Albert, Victoria and Chelsea Embankments along the north and south sides of the River Thames and bridges over the Thames at Putney, Hammersmith and Battersea. He also prepared early proposals for Blackwall Tunnel and Tower Bridge. (Full article...)
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Image 1Arguably the best-preserved disused station building in London, this is the former Alexandra Palace station on the GNR Highgate branch (closed in 1954). It is now in use as a community centre (CUFOS).
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Image 255 Broadway, headquarters of the UERL and its successors, is a Grade I listed building in Westminster designed by Charles Holden.
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Image 3Original stations on the Metropolitan Railway from The Illustrated London News, 27 December 1862.
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Image 4A tram of the London United Tramways at Boston Road, Hanwell, circa 1910.
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Image 5Escalators at Westminster Underground station descend between beams and columns of the station box to reach the deep-level Jubilee line platforms.
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Image 6The western departures concourse of King's Cross railway station.
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Image 7The original Hampton Court Bridge in 1753, the first of four on the site.
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Image 8Albert Bridge, opened in 1873, crosses the River Thames between Chelsea and Battersea.
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Image 9Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel that runs under the River Thames in east London between Rotherhithe and Limehouse.
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Image 11London Underground A60 Stock (left) and 1938 Stock (right) trains showing the difference in the sizes of the two types of rolling stock operated on the system. A60 stock trains operated on the surface and sub-surface sections of the Metropolitan line from 1961 to 2012 and 1938 Stock operated on various deep level tube lines from 1938 to 1988.
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Image 13Central London Railway poster, published in 1905.
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Image 14Tram 2548 calls at Arena tram stop. This is one of the trams on the Tramlink network centred on Croydon in south London.
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Image 15Hornsey Lane Bridge, Archway, more commonly known as "Suicide Bridge".
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Image 16The New Routemaster built by Wrightbus has three entrances, two staircases and is designed to be reminiscent of the Routemaster.
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Image 17Helicopter landing at London Heliport, a jetty constructed in the River Thames in Battersea.
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Image 18Day (left) and Night (right) sculptures by Sir Jacob Epstein on the London Underground's headquarters at 55 Broadway.
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Image 19"Boris Bikes" from the Santander Cycles hire scheme waiting for use at a docking station in Victoria.
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Image 20Qantas Boeing 747-400 about to land at Heathrow Airport, seen beyond the roofs of Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow.
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Image 21Ruislip Lido Railway's 12-inch (300 mm) gauge locomotive "Mad Bess" hauling a passenger train.
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Image 26Woolwich Ferry boats "John Burns" and "James Newman" on the River Thames, 2012.
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Image 27The multi-level junction between the M23 and M25 motorways near Merstham in Surrey. The M23 passes over the M25 with bridges carrying interchange slip roads for the two motorways in between.
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Image 28Sailing ships at West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in 1810. The docks opened in 1802 and closed in 1980 and have since been redeveloped as the Canary Wharf development.
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Image 29The south façade of King's Cross railway station London terminus of the East Coast Main Line.
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Image 30TX4 London Taxi at Heathrow Airport.
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Image 31View of Old London Bridge, circa 1632 by Claude de Jongh.
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Image 33London General Omnibus Company B-type bus B340 built in 1911 by AEC. One of a number of London buses purchased by the British military during World War I, this vehicle was operated on the Western Front.
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Image 34London Underground Battery-electric locomotive L16 designed to operate over tracks where the traction current is turned off for maintenance work.
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Image 38Vauxhall Bridge across the River Thames opened in 1906 and features sculptures by F. W. Pomeroy.
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Image 39Archer statue by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley Underground station.
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Image 41Clapham Common Underground station north and south-bound platforms on the Northern line.
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Image 42Early style tube roundel in mosaic at Maida Vale Underground station.
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Image 43Planes waiting at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4.
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Image 44The newly constructed junction of the Westway ( A40) and the West Cross Route ( A3220) at White City, circa 1970. Continuation of the West Cross Route northwards under the roundabout was cancelled leaving two short unused stubs for the slip roads that would have been provided for traffic joining or leaving the northern section.
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Image 45Preserved AEC Routemaster coaches in London Transport Green Line livery.
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Image 46Rail, road and river traffic, seen from the London Eye.
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Image 48Hammersmith Bridge, opened in 1887, crosses the River Thames in west London.
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Image 49The Circle routes of Victorian London, comprising the Inner Circle, Middle Circle, Outer Circle and Super Outer Circle.
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