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Title: London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity, illustrated by maps, plans and views
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
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Publisher: Edinburgh : A. & C. Black
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towns connectedby the line, are by John Thomas. Just outside the station arethe Victoria and Euston Hotels, both under the same manage-ment. Great Western Station, Paddington, with a great hotelfronting Praed Street. This line connects London with the westof England. The late Mr. Brunei was the engineer, and he in-sisted on laying down the broad guage, but a narrow guage lineis now being made. It has been a very expensive line, and agreat number of branches have been made from time to time.The middle roof of the station has a span of 90 feet, and thelateral roofs have spans of 70 feet. There are four platforms700 feet long, and their total width is 240 feet. Kings Cross.—Here is the terminus of the Great NorthernEailway, which communicates with the midland and northernparts of England. It covers 45 acres. The passenger stationhas platforms 800 feet long. Each roof has a span of 105 feet,and is 71 feet high. The goods shed is 600 feet long by 80 feet PLAN OF LONDON BRIDGE STATION. 35
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36 RAILWAY STATIONS. wide. The clock tower, wliich separates the two arches in thestreet front, is 120 feet high. In conDection with the station isa large and well managed hotel. London Bridge.—On the south side of London Bridge is acluster of stations, irregularly combined, and without any imityof plan or architectural beauty, forming the terminus of thefollowing railways :— Crystal Palace.—This line is carried by a timnel underSydenham Hill to join the West-end and Crystal Palace line,which has its terminus at the Victoria Station, Pimlico. Manytrains run throughout the day from one terminus to the other. Croydon ; by Forest Hill, Sydenham, and Norwood ; with abranch line through Nutcham to the South-Western Railway ;and another branch through Epsom to Guildford on the Londonand Portsmouth line. Brighton.—By this line, 55 miles in length, Brighton hasbeen made a suburb of London. It has many branch lines, andfrom Brighton railways run east and west along the coast. South Eas

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