British Rail (BR) not only ran the rail infrastructure, stations, and trains, but they also became involved in train development. Possibly the most infamous train they created was the Intercity 125 (HST 125) and the train that almost eclipsed it, the APT 125 or better known to the public as the Tilting Train. British Rail also ran the Dover Cross-channel Hover Craft. In January 2020, Victoria BID - the local Business improvement district - proposed removing the bus station from the mainline station forecourt to create a new "Station Square". Bus stops would be relocated to nearby streets. [148] [149] Cultural references [ edit ] The following lines are either closed to regular passenger services, freight only, part of tourist and heritage railways, or closed and removed. [1] a b "Victoria Line – History". Clive's Underground Line Guides. 11 November 2014 . Retrieved 6 April 2015.

Known simply as 'Shields', North Shields Railway Station was first opened by Newcastle & North Shields Railway Company as a terminus in June 1839. Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022 . Retrieved 7 September 2022. Murder of Deborah Linsley – unsolved murder of a woman that occurred on a train arriving at Victoria in 1988

Crook, J. Mordaunt. The Dilemma of Style: Architectural Ideas from the Picturesque to the Post-Modern. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Liverpool Street, London (1871-75) designed by Edward Wilson — Chief Engineer of the Great Eastern Railway The District, like the Metropolitan, also attracted a lot of attention from other railway companies, anxious to get to the City by a new route. This created three other "circle" routes, the first being Middle Circle, started in 1872, which involved the Great Western running trains from Aldgate to Paddington on Metropolitan lines, and then over its own lines to Westbourne Park, where it switched to the Hammersmith and City (which it jointly owned with the Met), then by a link (now lost) at Latimer Road onto the West London Line, which brought it to Kensington (now Kensington Olympia) and onto the District Lines into Mansion House. Victorian railway companies fell over each other to use these north-south links. The LCDR, a railway that was always struggling financially, never made quite as much money as it had hoped from its own services over the lines, but it could charge fat fees to other railway operators for using them. As well as being extremely popular for freight trains right up to the 1960s, in late Victorian times a bewildering range of passenger services operated over the lines.

Meeks, Carol L. V. The Victorian Railroad Station: An Architectural History. New Haven: Yale UP, 1956.

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Victoria Station, eastern side (the former London, Chatham and Dover Railway Station frontage), c. 1908-1910 The Midland (and its successors) used the Tottenham & Hampstead to run trains from St Pancras to Southend from 1895 to 1961, and to Tilbury to connect with ocean liners until 1963. The Great Eastern (and successors) used it for services from St Pancras to Cambridge from 1870 to 1933. Part of the present Beacon Shopping Centre and Central Library now sit above this tunnel which is still in regular use and forms an important section of the present Metro network. Frequent services operate to Ballarat, with some trains continuing to Ararat. Some services also run to Maryborough as shuttle services from Ballarat. The merger of the LNWR and L&YR was not without controversy, as there were concerns about the dominance of the LMS in the railway industry and the potential loss of jobs. However, the LMS went on to become a highly successful and profitable company, operating until nationalization in 1948. Today, many of the former LNWR and L&YR stations and buildings are still standing, and the legacy of these pioneering railway companies can be seen throughout the UK. Euston Station