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Acton Town tube station
Acton Town is a London Underground station in the south-west corner of Acton, west London, in the London Borough of Ealing, close to the border with the London Borough of Hounslow.
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Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, (8 August 1874 – 4 November 1948), born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American businessman who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) from 1910 to 1933 and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) from 1933 to 1947.
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Aldgate
Aldgate is an area of Central London, England, within the City of London.
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Aldgate East tube station
Aldgate East is a London Underground station in Spitalfields, East End of London and is due east of the ward of Aldgate in City of London.
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Aldwych tube station
Aldwych is a closed station on the London Underground, located in the City of Westminster in Central London.
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Alexandra Palace railway station
Alexandra Palace railway station is on the Great Northern Route that forms part of the East Coast Main Line, and takes its name from the nearby Alexandra Palace in the London Borough of Haringey, north London.
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Alperton tube station
Alperton is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line.
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Alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction.
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Annual International Exhibitions (London 1871–74)
Each year from 1871 to 1874 an Annual International Exhibition was held in London, England.
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£sd
£sd (pronounced /ɛlɛsˈdiː/ ell-ess-dee and occasionally written Lsd) is the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe, especially in the British Isles and hence in several countries of the British Empire and subsequently the Commonwealth.
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Baker Street and Waterloo Railway
The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR), also known as the Bakerloo tube, was a railway company established in 1893 that built a deep-level underground "tube" railway in London.
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Bank and Monument stations
Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London.
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Barking station
Barking is an interchange railway station located on Station Parade in Barking in East London, England.
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Barons Court tube station
Barons Court is a London Underground station in West Kensington of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London.
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Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester.
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Blackfriars station
Blackfriars, also known as London Blackfriars, is a central London railway station and connected London Underground station located in the City of London.
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Board of Trade
The Board of Trade is a British government department concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade.
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Bogie
A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.
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Boston Manor tube station
Boston Manor is a London Underground station serving the Boston Manor area between Brentford and Hanwell in west London.
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Bow Road tube station
Bow Road is a London Underground station in Bow, East End of London, England.
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Bow, London
Bow is a neighbourhood and parish in Greater London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Broad Street railway station (England)
Broad Street was a major terminal station in the City of London, adjacent to Liverpool Street station.
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Bromley-by-Bow tube station
Bromley-by-Bow is a London Underground station in Bromley (also known as Bromley-by-Bow), Greater London, England.
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Bunker
A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people or valued materials from falling bombs or other attacks.
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Cannon Street station
Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Travelcard zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail.
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Central London Railway
The Central London Railway (CLR), also known as the Twopenny Tube, was a deep-level, underground "tube" railwayA "tube" railway is an underground railway constructed in a cylindrical tunnel by the use of a tunnelling shield, usually deep below ground level.
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Charing Cross
Charing Cross is a junction in London, England, where six routes meet.
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Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR), also known as the Hampstead Tube, was a railway company established in 1891 that constructed a deep-level underground "tube" railway in London.
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Charles Holden
Charles Henry Holden Litt.D, FRIBA, MRTPI, RDI (12 May 1875 – 1 May 1960) was a Bolton-born English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, for Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and for the University of London's Senate House.
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Charles Yerkes
Charles Tyson Yerkes (June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905) was an American financier.
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Chiswick Park tube station
Chiswick Park is a London Underground station in Chiswick in west London.
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Circle line (London Underground)
The Circle line is a London Underground line in a spiralling shape, running from Hammersmith in the west to Edgware Road and then looping around central London back to Edgware Road.
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City and South London Railway
The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction.
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City of London
The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.
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Clerestory
In architecture, a clerestory (lit. clear storey, also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level.
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Condensing steam locomotive
A condensing steam locomotive is a type of locomotive designed to recover exhaust steam, either in order to improve range between taking on boiler water, or to reduce emission of steam inside enclosed spaces.
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Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in Greater London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane.
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Cromwell Curve
The Cromwell Curve was a short section of railway line on the London Underground between Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations.
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Dagenham East tube station
Dagenham East is a London Underground station on the District line, located in the suburb of Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
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Dagenham Heathway tube station
Dagenham Heathway is a London Underground station on the District line located in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
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Direct current
Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
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District line
The District line is a London Underground line that runs from in the east to in west London, where it splits into a number of branches.
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Ealing
Ealing is a district of west London, England, located west of Charing Cross.
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Ealing Broadway station
Ealing Broadway is a major single-leveled interchange station serving the district of Ealing, Greater London, England, in the London Borough of Ealing, West London.
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Ealing Common Depot
Ealing Common Depot is a London Underground railway depot on the District line, located between Acton Town and Ealing Common stations in west London, England.
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Ealing Common tube station
Ealing Common is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line and on the Ealing Broadway branch of the District line.
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Earl's Court tube station
Earl's Court is a London Underground station on the District and Piccadilly lines.
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East Ham tube station
East Ham is a London Underground station on High Street North in the East Ham neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham in east London, England.
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East London line
The East London line is part of the London Overground, running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London.
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East Putney tube station
East Putney is a London Underground station on the branch of the District line.
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Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.
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Elephant & Castle tube station
Elephant & Castle is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark in south London.
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Embankment tube station
Embankment is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known by various names during its history.
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English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.
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Farringdon Road
Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell, London.
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Fulham
Fulham is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in South West London, England, south-west of Charing Cross.
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Fulham Broadway tube station
Fulham Broadway is a London Underground station on the branch of the District line.
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Ganz Works
The Ganz Works or Ganz (or Ganz Művek, Ganz enterprises or Ganz companies) was a group of companies operating between 1845 and 1949 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), also known as the Piccadilly tube, was a railway company established in 1902 that constructed a deep-level underground "tube" railway in London.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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Gunnersbury station
Gunnersbury is a National Rail station in Gunnersbury in London, England on the North London line.
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Hammersmith & City line
The Hammersmith & City line is a London Underground line that runs between Hammersmith in west London and in east London.
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Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly and District lines)
Hammersmith is a London Underground station in Hammersmith.
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Hampstead
Hampstead, commonly known as Hampstead Village, is an area of London, England, northwest of Charing Cross.
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Hatton Cross tube station
Hatton Cross is on the Heathrow branch of the London Underground Piccadilly line.
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Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom.
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 is a London Underground station at Heathrow Airport on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line, and currently serves Heathrow Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.
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Herbert Morrison
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British Labour politician who held a variety of senior positions in the Cabinet.
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Highgate
Highgate is a suburban area of north London at the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath, north north-west of Charing Cross.
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Hornchurch tube station
Hornchurch is a London Underground station on Station Lane in the southern part of the Hornchurch neighbourhood of the London Borough of Havering in northeast London, England.
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Hounslow
Hounslow is a large commercial town and district in west London, England, west-southwest of Charing Cross.
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Hounslow Central tube station
Hounslow Central is a London Underground station in Hounslow in west London.
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Hounslow Town tube station
Hounslow Town was a London Underground station located in Hounslow, west London.
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Hounslow West tube station
Hounslow West is a London Underground station in Hounslow of the London Borough of Hounslow, West London.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Ian Allan Publishing
Ian Allan Publishing is a UK publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books.
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Institution of Civil Engineers
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.
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Joint committee
A joint committee is a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature.
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Kent and East Sussex Railway
The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) refers to both an historical private railway company in Kent and East Sussex in England, as well as a heritage railway currently running on part of the route of the historical company.
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Kew Gardens station (London)
Kew Gardens is a Grade II listed London Underground and London Overground station in Kew in Greater London, England.
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.
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Lillie Bridge Depot
Lillie Bridge Depot is a historic English traction maintenance depot on the London Underground Piccadilly and District lines, situated in between West Brompton and West Kensington stations in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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Listed building
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
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Locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.
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London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.
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London and South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.
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London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.
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London General Omnibus Company
The London General Omnibus Company or LGOC, was the principal bus operator in London between 1855 and 1933.
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London King's Cross railway station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a Central London railway terminus on the northern edge of the city.
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London Overground
London Overground (also known simply as the Overground) is a suburban rail network serving London and its environs.
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London Passenger Transport Board
The London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was the organisation responsible for local public transport in London and its environs from 1933 to 1948.
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London Transport (brand)
London Transport (LT) was the public name and brand used by a series of public transport authorities in London, England, from 1933.
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London Transport Museum
The London Transport Museum, or LT Museum based in Covent Garden, London, seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of Britain's capital city.
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London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
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London Victoria station
Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail.
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London Waterloo station
Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, located in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.
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London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR), also known as Essex Thameside, is a commuter railway line on the British railway system which connects Fenchurch Street station in central London with destinations in east London and Essex, including,,,, Tilbury, Southend and.
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Lots Road Power Station
Lots Road Power Station is a disused coal and later oil-fired and later gas-fired power station on the River Thames at Lots Road in Chelsea, London in the south-west of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which supplied electricity to the London Underground system.
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Mansion House tube station
Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London which takes its name from Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of London.
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Mark Lane tube station
Mark Lane (latterly Tower Hill) is a disused station on the London Underground.
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Metropolitan Board of Works
The Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) was the principal instrument of London-wide government from December 1855 until the establishment of the London County Council in March 1889.
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Metropolitan Railway
The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.
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Metropolitan Railway A Class
The Metropolitan Railway A Class and B Class were 4-4-0T condensing steam locomotives built for the Metropolitan Railway by Beyer Peacock, first used in 1864.
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Middle Circle
The Middle Circle was a Great Western Railway service in London that operated from 1872 to 1905.
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Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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Mile End tube station
Mile End is a London Underground station in Mile End, East End of London.
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Modern architecture
Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II.
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Museum of Rail Travel
The Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow, England is operated by the Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT), a charity based just north of Ingrow (West) railway station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in West Yorkshire.
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Nationalization
Nationalization (or nationalisation) is the process of transforming private assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.
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New Cross railway station
New Cross railway station serves New Cross in south London, England.
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New Road, London
The New Road was a toll road built across fields around the northern boundaries of London, the first part of which opened in 1756.
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New Works Programme
The New Works Programme of 1935–1940 was the major investment programme delivered by the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB), commonly known as London Transport, which had been created in 1933 to coordinate underground train, tram, trolleybus and bus services in the capital and the surrounding areas.
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North Ealing tube station
North Ealing is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line between Ealing Common and Park Royal.
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Northern City Line
The Northern City Line is a commuter line in England, which runs from London Moorgate to Finsbury Park in London with services running beyond.
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Osterley & Spring Grove tube station
Osterley & Spring Grove (also sometimes Osterley Park & Spring Grove) was a London Underground station in Osterley in west London.
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Osterley tube station
Osterley is a London Underground station in Osterley in west London.
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Outer Circle (London)
The Outer Circle was a London & North Western Railway service in London that operated from 1872 to 1908.
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Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)
Paddington is a London Underground station served by the Bakerloo, Circle and District lines.
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Park Royal tube station
Park Royal is a station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground.
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Piccadilly Circus tube station
Piccadilly Circus is a London Underground station located directly beneath Piccadilly Circus itself, with entrances at every corner.
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Piccadilly line
The Piccadilly line is a London Underground line that runs between in suburban north London and in the west, where it divides into two branches: one of these runs to Heathrow Airport and the other to in northwest London, with some services terminating at.
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Plaistow tube station
Plaistow is a London Underground station on Plaistow Road in the London Borough of Newham in Greater London.
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Prime minister
A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.
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Putney Bridge
Putney Bridge is a bridge crossing of the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north.
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Putney Bridge tube station
Putney Bridge is a London Underground station on the branch of the District line.
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Railway air brake
A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.
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Railway semaphore signal
Semaphore is of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals.
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Ravenscourt Park tube station
Ravenscourt Park is a London Underground station located in west Hammersmith, west London.
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Rayners Lane tube station
Rayners Lane is a London Underground station in the district of Rayners Lane in north west London, amid a 1930s development originally named Harrow Garden Village.
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Richmond station (London)
Richmond, also known as Richmond (London), is a National Rail station in Richmond, Greater London on the Waterloo to Reading and North London Lines.
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Richmond, London
Richmond is a suburban town in south-west London, The London Government Act 1963 (c.33) (as amended) categorises the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as an Outer London borough.
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River Thames
The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.
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Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its charter granted in 1837 and Supplemental Charter granted in 1971.
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Royal Show
The Royal Show was an annual agricultural show/fair held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England every year from 1839 to 2009.
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Select committee
A select committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.
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Shepherd's Bush railway station (1869-1916)
Shepherd's Bush is a closed London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) station in Shepherd's Bush, west London.
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Shoeburyness
Shoeburyness (also called Shoebury) is a town in southeast Essex, England, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary.
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Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE (15 July 1817 – 20 November 1898) was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure.
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Sloane Square tube station
Sloane Square is a London Underground station in Sloane Square (Chelsea, district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea).
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Smithfield, London
Smithfield is a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without situated at the City of London's northwest in central London, England.
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South Ealing tube station
South Ealing is a London Underground station in west London.
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South Eastern Railway, UK
The South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922.
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South Harrow tube station
South Harrow is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line.
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South Kensington
South Kensington is an affluent district of West London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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South Kensington tube station
South Kensington is a London Underground station in the district of Kensington, south west London.
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Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as simply Southend, is a town and wider unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England.
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Southfields tube station
Southfields is a London Underground station in Southfields in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
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St. James's Park tube station
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St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) tube station
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Stamford Brook tube station
Stamford Brook is a London Underground station on the eastern edge of Chiswick in west London.
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Stepney Green tube station
Stepney Green is a London Underground station on Mile End Road in Stepney, East End of London.
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Sudbury Hill tube station
Sudbury Hill is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line.
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Sudbury Town tube station
Sudbury Town is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line.
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Temple tube station
Temple is a London Underground station located at Victoria Embankment in the City of Westminster, close to its boundary with the City of London.
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Thames Tunnel
The Thames Tunnel is an underwater tunnel, built beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping.
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The Boat Race
The Boat Race is an annual rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between men's and women's open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England.
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The Illustrated London News
The Illustrated London News appeared first on Saturday 14 May 1842, as the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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Third rail
A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.
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Tower Hill
Tower Hill is a complex city or garden square northwest of the Tower of London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets just outside the City of London boundary yet inside what remains of the London Wall — a large fragment of which survives toward its east.
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Tower of London tube station
Tower of London was a London Underground station in the City of London that closed in 1884, only two years after opening.
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Track circuit
A track circuit is a simple electrical device used to detect the absence of a train on rail tracks, used to inform signallers and control relevant signals.
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Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.
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Turnham Green tube station
Turnham Green is a London Underground station in Chiswick of the London Borough of Hounslow, west London.
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Underground Electric Railways Company of London
The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited (UERL), known operationally as the Underground for much of its existence, was established in 1902.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Upminster
Upminster is a suburban town in east London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering.
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Upminster station
Upminster is an interchange station serving the town of Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London.
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Upney tube station
Upney is a London Underground station on Upney Lane in the Barking neighbourhood of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London, England.
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Upton Park tube station
Upton Park is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith and City lines, on Green Street in the Upton Park area of the London Borough of Newham, east London.
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Viaduct
A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover.
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Victoria Embankment
Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London.
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Wandsworth Bridge
Wandsworth Bridge crosses the River Thames in west London.
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Waterloo & City line
The Waterloo & City line (colloquially known as The Drain) is a London Underground line that runs between Waterloo and Bank with no intermediate stops.
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Waterloo–Reading line
The Waterloo–Reading line is a National Rail, mainly suburban, electric railway line between London Waterloo and Reading, running westwards from Central London to Reading, in central Berkshire.
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West Brompton station
West Brompton is a Tube and National Rail station on the District line and West London Line (WLL) in west London, on Old Brompton Road (A3218) immediately south of the demolished Earls Court Exhibition Centre and west of Brompton Cemetery in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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West Ham station
West Ham is an intermodal interchange station in West Ham, east London, served by London Underground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National Rail main line trains.
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West Kensington tube station
West Kensington is a London Underground District line station in West Kensington.
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West London line
The West London line is a short railway in inner West London that links in the south to Willesden Junction in the north.
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West London Railway
The West London Railway was conceived to link the London and Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway with the Kensington Basin of the Kensington Canal, enabling access to and from London docks for the carriage of goods.
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Westminster
Westminster is an area of central London within the City of Westminster, part of the West End, on the north bank of the River Thames.
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Westminster tube station
Westminster is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster.
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Whitechapel
Whitechapel is a district in the East End of London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Whitechapel and Bow Railway
| The Whitechapel and Bow Railway was an underground railway in east London, United Kingdom, now entirely integrated into the London Underground system.
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Whitechapel station
Whitechapel is a London Underground and London Overground station on Whitechapel Road and Dunward Street in Whitechapel, London located behind a street market of the same name and opposite the Royal London Hospital.
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William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone, (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party.
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Wimbledon Park tube station
Wimbledon Park is a London Underground station in Wimbledon.
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Wimbledon station
Wimbledon is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located on Wimbledon Bridge, Wimbledon in London, and is the only London station that provides an interchange between main line rail, Underground, and Tramlink.
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Windsor & Eton Central railway station
Windsor & Eton Central station is one of two terminal stations serving the town of Windsor, Berkshire, England.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Railway
