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	Acton, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acton is now principally residential, though it maintains some light industry: particularly in the north east in the Park Royal area, and the south near the border with Chiswick.
		Acton lies on the former main road between London and Oxford and several inns along it date back several centuries as stopping places for travellers.
		East Acton is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acton,_London (322 words)

	CULG - Hammersmith & City Line
		Initially the line ran into the two westernmost platforms of the GER mainline station (then numbered 12 and 11, but now 1 and 2), but it was diverted on to its present route as part of the continuing drive to complete the Inner Circle (see the Circle Line page).
		The Great Northern Railway had just been opened, using a temporary station at or near the present site of King's Cross, and the plan was for an underground line of 8 tracks from there southeast, under a newly built road, to a large station complex at more or less the present Farringdon station.
		The lines were extended westwards by the LSWR on 1848-08-22, and the station was replaced by a new one on the through lines (at the present location) during 1849-09.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/hammersmith.html (3072 words)

	SIAM Limited : Manual Signal Box / Driver Simulations
		You are in charge of your selected train on the East Coast Main Line, driving an HST or Class 47, 55 or 91 locomotive on an appropriate train and schedule.
		You are in charge of your selected train on the Inter-City West Coast Main Line, driving an HST or Class 86, 87 or 90 locomotive on an appropriate train and schedule.
		You are in charge of your selected train (from a choice of 9) on this much-requested line, in the days when signalling was mostly by semaphores, with areas of colour-lights at the beginning and end of the run.
	members.fortunecity.com /siamsims/siam/menu4.html (1523 words)

	NS Railway Companies
		The Joggins Coal & Railway Co. was formed in 1888 by the amalgamation of the Joggins Railway Co. with the Joggins Coal Mining Co. In 1892 the Joggins Coal & Railway Co. was sold to the Canada Coals & Railway Co.
		The only mention of this railway (that I know of) is a few words — "The iron mine was situated three miles south of this location and ore transported in trucks drawn by horses on a railway with rails of maple wood." — on a bronze plaque at Clementsport.
		The Atlantic & Inland Railway Co. of Nova Scotia was incorporated by chapter 153 of the Acts of 1893, to build a railway from Liverpool, via Caledonia, to Annapolis or New Germany.
	alts.net /ns1625/railways.html (9932 words)

	Casebook: Jack the Ripper - The Birth of London's Underground
		It was almost a case of electrification or die, for as steam lines their position was deteriorating rapidly in the face of competition from the recently-opened tube railways.
		It was as if the authorities wished to wipe the memories of steam trains from the minds of their passengers, for stations and tunnels were thoroughly cleaned of accumulated layers of soot and grime, and there was much repainting of both lines as soon as possible afterwards.
		A plan was eventually evolved for an underground, steam-operated railway nearly four miles long between Farringdon Street and Bishop's Road, Paddington, following Farringdon Road and King's Cross Road to King's Cross, and then following the course of Euston Road, Marylebone Road and Praed Street to Paddington.
	www.casebook.org /victorian_london/tubes.html (2542 words)

	Jacques's proposed 3mm scale GWR layout "Mynhaefdon"
		Most buildings in the station grounds of Minehead appear to be stone, with the exception of the corrugated iron pagoda hut next to the station building, and the turntable pit, which was lined with brick.
		The station is fully signalled, and there are other scenic options including the tea-rooms, railway cottages and beach-hotel.
		Some good sites to take a look at are the West Somerset Railway, which is the current incarnation of the Minehead branch, Mikkel Funder's GWR Modelling site, the Dukedog Pages, Graeme's GWR Modellers and Gallery Pages, Pendon Museum, a splendid GWR based model railway museum, the Didcot Railway Centre of the Great Western Society.
	www.geocities.com /jacques_gerber/jake_gwr.htm (3224 words)

	Transport Plans for the London Area - West
		Stations from Ealing Common to Uxbridge currently have platforms at the "compromise height" because they are (or have been) served by small Piccadilly Line trains as well as large Metropolitan and District trains.
		Croxley Metropolitan Line station and Watford West station on Railtrack's disused Croxley Green branch would be connected by a short stretch of new track passing to the north of the disused Croxley Green station.
		However, the Piccadilly Line is on a slope and Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate won't allow new platforms to be built on a slope.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7069/tpftla_w.html (8350 words)

	la pietra
		The main international airport for Florence and Tuscany is on the coast at Pisa, which has a railway station with trains to Florence in one hour.
		Arezzo is on the main railway line between Florence and Rome: although not all of the fast trains stop here there is one about every hour and the journey takes 30-40 minutes.
		Florence is on the main line from Milan and Bologna to Rome.
	www.nyu.edu /global/lapietra/visitor_info.html (1609 words)

	Crossrail - Psychology Central
		It would be built to regional rail standards and connect to existing main lines.
		Crossrail is a project to build a new east-west railway connection under central London, with one connection to the west and two to the east.
		Crossrail Line 1 has been backed by the Government, which has introduced a hybrid bill for the scheme: the full text may be found here.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Crossrail (1094 words)

	London Bloggers
		The following stations are located within a mile of North Acton:
		The demo also includes instructions for getting the browser to display multiple stations and showing a smaller version of the browser.
		At present, not all stations have been geo-coded.
	londonbloggers.iamcal.com /station.php?id=54 (156 words)

	BBC News NORTHERN IRELAND Bomb found on tube line
		Victoria main line, underground and bus stations have been sealed off, as well as Paddington main line and Westminster Tube station.
		Paddington Station is closed while the Piccadilly, Central and District lines in the area are also hit, London Underground said.
		Passengers trying to get to Heathrow were further hit by suspension of the Piccadilly Tube line between Acton Town and Rayners Lane, west London.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/841461.stm (499 words)

	Fields
		This means go across Guelph Line at the traffic light at the gas station, and the road will change its name going through Moffat.
		As you get into town, do not follow the main road to the right as it crosses the water: go straight on, take first left (Memorial St) and the soccer field is in the park on your left.
		The soccer fields are on your left at the junction of Wellington 22 and 8th Line.
	www.tremblefish.com /acs/fields.htm (961 words)

	Bull Sheet Monthly News
		One day I discovered Dorsey MARC station and thus began a transition from a lazy two-train-a-day sleepy Maine Central main line to something quite different and exciting.
		Also of note is the Didcot Railway Centre (easily accessible by train from London) which has a signal box giving regular demonstrations of traditional British signaling and operations, including handing off the single line token to the engine crew.
		The irony is that had the line remained viable for just a bit longer, it's doubtful any of it would have become a bike trail.
	www.bullsheet.com /news/letters.html (9298 words)

	rshsdepot-digest.archive.200407
		The Madison train station is on the national and state registers of historic places and is one of 49 stations that NJ Transit recognizes as historic among its 162 stations.
		The benches in the station were stripped, refinished and restored; the walls and the terra cotta floors redone, Romano said.
		They must have been building a new entrance, no, come to think of it maybe this is a later photo from the late twenties or early thirties and this construction is part of the 8th Avenue subway, the IND, the A train.
	www.railfan.net /lists/rshsdepot-digest/rshsdepot-digest.archive.200407 (13399 words)

	The Life of Charlotte Brontë (Part One)
		Keighley station is on this line of railway, about a quarter of a mile from the town of the same name.
		HERE ALSO LIE THE REMAINS OF At the upper part of this tablet ample space is allowed between the lines of the inscription; when the first memorials were written down, the survivors, in their fond affection, thought little of the margin and verge they were leaving for those who were still living.
		Lines written on the Summit of a high Mountain of the North of England; 5.
	lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp /~matsuoka/EG-Charlotte-1.html (17809 words)

	Journal of Transport History, The: Paddington Station 1833-1854 / The Eleven Towns Railway: The Story of the Manchester & Leeds Main Line
		After several years of dither, when the London end of the Great Western was planned to be, first on Vauxhall Bridge Road, then at Euston, the Bishop's Road site was finally selected and work began on the line inwards from Acton in 1836 before Parliamentary authority had been given the Act was passed in 1837.
		The line was a tricky one to lay out, especially in the Calder valley below Todmorden, where the approach had to share a narrow valley with the existing turnpike road and canal.
		But it is interesting to be reminded that the compelling reason which caused the directors to approve a new Paddington station was the lack of decent hotel accommodation, where they felt that Euston had the advantage over them; so the new station included a suitably grand hotel on Praed Street.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3884/is_200009/ai_n8915499 (888 words)

	London Underground history 1870-1879
		The line was extended from Blackfriars to Mansion House.
		The station remained open until a new station opened 1878-02-01.
		Earl's Court station was desrtoyed by a fire.
	www.berga.nu /Lennart_T/lu/1870s.html (658 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Being Evacuated: From Acton to Glamorgan - A2715086
		A short ride and we were at Acton Main Line railway station, where our parents and teachers shepherded us off the buses and down onto the platform.
		Some time in the evening we reached Cardiff station and, with much marshalling and shouting of instructions, we dismounted from the train and in several long columns were marched to a hospital where we were to spend the night.
		Endless lines of coal- waggons on the adjoining track bore strange, complex words, the long, unpronounceable names of Welsh coal towns.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2715086 (2874 words)

	National Rail Enquiries - Station Facilities for Acton Main Line
		Telesales 08457 000 125 the line is open Mon- Fri 07:00-22:00, and from 08:00 to 19:00 Sat-Sun.
		Staff assistance is available; please request assistance from any member of staff if you have not booked assistance in advance.Please note the station is staffed part time.
		Reservation at the ticket office or by calling our booking line on 08457 000 125.
	www.nationalrail.co.uk /stations/AML.html (256 words)

	BBC News UK Eyewitness: Commuter chaos
		Ealing Broadway station lies on the main line from Reading into London Paddington and is a key "throttle point".
		It was 1020 BST and hundreds of people were milling around outside the station or queuing up at bus stops hoping to get closer to their destinations.
		By 1130 BST I was at my desk - and discovered a controlled explosion had been carried out - but no doubt hundreds of other commuters were still wending their way into work.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/841264.stm (456 words)

	Stafford - Rockville Trolley Line
		From the remaining bridge abutment (on the W side of Cooper Lane), the line goes NW up the "driveway" past several houses into the woods to Sawmill Rd. There it disappears crossing a Stump Dump to the road in the Stafford Sand & Gravel, along a section of this road into the woods again.
		Today interest is developing to follow as much of the old trolley line as possible with a multi-use Rail Trail through the 4 towns to join the "Spur" in Rockville.
		From the Fair Grounds, the line goes behind Pelizari Feed, parallel to Charter Lane to the bridge abutment on Cooper Lane, passing thru 3 new houses near this intersection.
	members.cox.net /profwhite/SRTrolley (1251 words)

	Erith Station - anagrams
		"A railway station" -> "Train is away a lot.
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	www.anagramgenius.com /archive/erith-station.html (176 words)

	220747-Annexe-Hotel.aspx
		FROM HEATHROW AIRPORT: BY UNDERGROUND - Take the Piccadilly Line to Acton Town Station.
		We are also close to Waterloo railway station for guests arriving on the EUROSTAR.
		FROM LUTON AIRPORT: BY TRAIN - Take the Intercity to Kings Cross St. Pancras station, then the underground (Victoria Line) to Victoria Station.
	www.eurhotels.co.uk /220747-Annexe-Hotel.aspx (1040 words)

	CULG - Piccadilly Line
		Northfields Depot is on the south side of the line between Northfields and Boston Manor station; the main entry and exit is at the former, where trains can enter and leave without fouling the running lines, while there is a single track connection westwards just west of Boston Manor station.
		Therefore when they agreed to hand over the route to Yerkes, they retained ownership of the tube station (under their main-line one) and demanded a veto over any extension northwards.
		The Great Northern and Strand Railway, from Wood Green to Aldwych, located underneath the GNR main line between Wood Green and King's Cross.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/piccadilly.html (1040 words)

	Underground Ghost Stations and Lines
		This loop is still in use today to reverse trains, diverging from the main line just south of the station and burrowing under the main line to Oval and rejoining the northbound Charing Cross line just before re-entering Kennington station's platform 1.
		The Jubilee was originally to be called either the Fleet Line or the River Line and the original plans were for the line to continue eastwards from Charing Cross through the City and on into East London.
		The line was a left-over from plans to build a railway from Wood Green to the Strand but that plan was amalgamated with those of the Brompton and Piccadilly Railway to form what is part of today's Piccadilly line.
	www.londonrailways.net /ghost.htm (1040 words)

	CULG - District Line
		South Acton was opened by the North and South Western Junction Railway, which was a joint venture of the LNWR, the Midland, and the North London Railway.
		Initially services ran from the latter station through to Hounslow, South Harrow, and sometimes Uxbridge, but from 1932-02-15 they were reduced to a shuttle between the two stations (known as the "There and back while the kettle boils" because of the short distance and quick turnaround at South Acton) and the branch is now closed.
		A branch was built from Acton to two points: Hounslow West, on the Bath Road, and Hounslow Town, the latter with the eventual aim of extending to the LSWR line at Twickenham.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/district.html (1040 words)

	bln98gb.txt
		The return journey by coach to the station reveals that, with it being positioned to the east of the dual carriageway, it is necessary to head by road back to the main line itself, pass over it, negotiate a roundabout and recross the line in order to return south to Heathrow Junction.
		Tickets were sold at Valley Lines stations (but not at Cardiff Central!) and these Aptis and Sportis tickets showed "Ebbw Vale" as the destination.
		At Shrawardine the crossing cottage survives but there is no sign of the S&M station platform, although a short platform of brick and concrete construction, presumably dating from the Army period, was found amidst the undergrowth on the other side of the road.
	www.staff.ncl.ac.uk /m.h.ellison/bls/bln98gb.txt (1040 words)

	District Line Branches
		The short branch line from Acton Town (Mill Hill Park until 1910) to South Acton was originally opened for goods trains on 15th May 1899, passenger services having to wait until 13th June 1905.
		The history of the line was to take a further twist as in 1903 Hounslow Town was re-opened for traffic, the year in which the District railway (now part of the Underground Railways) took full control of the Hounslow branch.
		Built originally as a double track line, passenger services when introduced were always restricted to a single platform at South Acton.
	www.londonrailways.net /acton.htm (1040 words)

	South Acton
		The District station was a bit higher than the NLR, and was carried over Palmerston Road, and rising on embankment towards the District main line that goes over the North London behind the camera.
		There was also a very small engine shed at South Acton (the only North London Railway shed apart from Bow) although there is no clear record of its location - best guess is near the junction of the Hammersmith line.
		The District Line station was to the left of the NLL station in the area largely obscured by the red tree.
	www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Tube/SouthActon.html (1040 words)

	Transport Plans for the London Area - West
		[...] The improved integration provided by such a link builds on the increasing role of Watford Junction Station as transport hub north of London, where local services such as Croxley Rail Link will interchange with the improved West Coast Main Line and potentially, Eurostar.
		Stations from Ealing Common to Uxbridge currently have platforms at the "compromise height" because they are (or have been) served by small Piccadilly Line trains as well as large Metropolitan and District trains.
		Croxley Metropolitan Line station and Watford West station on Railtrack's disused Croxley Green branch would be connected by a short stretch of new track passing to the north of the disused Croxley Green station.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7069/tpftla_w.html (1040 words)

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