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		Cannon Street station Cannon Street is a mainline and Victorian architecture are two red-brick towers on the Thames.
		Bayswater railway station, Melbourne Bayswater railway station is in the suburb of Bayswater.
		Brixton tube station Brixton Tube station is a station in the Brixton railway station (on the London Victoria to Orpingt...
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	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Train station -
		Amsterdam Sloterdijk station: at ground level we have the railway from Amsterdam to Haarlem and Alkmaar, at elevated level the railway from Amsterdam to Schiphol Airport (and further to Leiden, Den Haag).
		At train stations the railway is often at ground level or elevated.
		Amsterdam Muiderpoort station: serves the line from Amsterdam to Utrecht and the line from Amsterdam to Weesp, and is situated just after the junction; the platforms are at different angles.
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	Cannon Street Railway Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cannon Street Railway Bridge is a bridge in central London, crossing the River Thames.
		It carries trains over the river to Cannon Street station on the north bank.
		In its original form, it carried the railway over the Thames on five spans standing on cast-iron Doric pillars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cannon_Street_Railway_Bridge

	The “Train-ing” of Sherlock Holmes:
		Cannon Street Station was the London terminus of the South-Eastern Railway (a status that it shared with Charing Cross Station).
		In the Holmes saga, Cannon Street Station was mentioned in “The Man with the Twisted Lip,” you may recall, as the station from which Neville St. Clair caught the train home from his begging activities as Hugh Boone.
		The station incorporated as part of its structure the St Pancras Hotel, which was owned by the Midland Railway.
	surrey-shore.freeservers.com /VicRail.htm

	Victorian London - Districts - Streets - Cannon Street
		In Cannon-street are the station of the South Eastern Railway, and the Mansion House Station of the Metropolitan, situated at the point where Queen Victoria-street runs diagonally across Cannon-street.
		Cannon Street is one of the greatest of the improvements which have been effected in modern London.
		Cannon-street is a street of wholesale warehouses, and a few sample goods in each window alone tell the passer-by the nature of the immense stock contained in them.
	www.victorianlondon.org /districts/cannonstreet.htm

	Wood Street railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wood Street is a National Rail station on the 'one' train service between Chingford railway station and London Liverpool Street.
		The next stations are Walthamstow Central station and Highams Park railway station.
		Wood Street leads on to a shopping area including an indoor market and a traditional East London pie and mash shop.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wood_Street_railway_station

	street railway -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The north-south axis is Mido-suji (“Mido Street”), connecting Osaka railway station in the north and Namba station in the south.
		Old streets have been widened and new streets cut through, but after both of its great modern disasters, in 1923 and 1945, the city pulled itself together in much the same shape that it had had before.
		The streets of central Osaka are laid out on a grid plan, but the rest of the city is a patchwork of planned grids and rambling streets.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9277926

	Cannon Street Station, London EC4: tourist information from TourUK
		Cannon Street station, one of three stations set on the north bank of the Thames, is in the heart of London's financial district.
		Today, Cannon Street is a mix of old and new architecture but modern office blocks dominate the station.
		The vast Cannon Street Hotel was designed by E M Barry, and for the first half of the the 20th century the hotel was used as offices but after World War II the building was demolished.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_stations/cannonstreet_station1.htm

	Context Archive
		In the letter forming part of the application, the "description of the proposed works" was given as "generally: construction of office premises and ancillary storage over Cannon Street Station"; further details were then given of the groundworks.
		Accordingly, scheduled monument consent was sought by the architects.
		The Secretary of State, after taking advice from English Heritage, decided that the extent of the proposed groundwork was relatively limited, and accordingly granted consent for the works described at paragraph 4 of the application, subject to conditions including one allowing inspection by the Museum of London (MOL) during the course of the works.
	www.ihbc.org.uk /context_archive/63/monuments/scheduled.html

	Cannon Street Railway Station main page
		Cannon Street station is situated on the north bank of the Thames in the financial district of London.
		The station is an odd mix of new and old and unfortunately it seems the new won in this case.
		Serving south east London and north Kent, the station serves almost exclusively commuter traffic and is virtually silent at weekends.
	mysite.freeserve.com /londonstations/maincs.html

	cannon_street_railway_bridge_report.rtf
		The walkway being attached to the existing maintenance footbridge on the upstream side of the railway bridge and station.
	www.london.gov.uk /mayor/planning_decisions/strategic_dev/may3002/cannon_street_railway_bridge_report.rtf

	The City of London Livery Companies
		The Hall was rebuilt in 1669 and occupied by the Company until 1863 when it was demolished to make way for Cannon Street Railway Station.
		A commemorative plaque was placed at the main entrance to the station in 1983.
		During the construction of Rennie's London Bridge in years 1830/31, the Church of St. Michael's Crooked Lane was united with St Magnus the Martyr in Lower Thames Street, and since that date St. Magnus has been the Company's Church.
	www.wealddown.co.uk /worshipful-company-of-plumbers-detail.htm

	QROTI - Place Information - Roma Street Passenger Railway Station
		Railway and street map of Roma Street and its adjacent stations/places:
		Roma Street Station also contains the lost property office, which can be found in the pedestrian subway.
		You should always carry enough coins to pay for your ticket using the Ticket Vending Machine, as station staff may not be handy to the ticket office at the time of your journey, or could be off sick.
	qroti.com /placeinfo/qld/rail/roma-street/map

	London railway stations
		The remainder of the station is the terminus for routes from Sussex and South London.
		The station is situated near the river Thames close to Waterloo Station, which lies on the other side of the river.
		The station originated as two stations and this is still apparent in the combination of through and terminal platforms which make up the station.
	www.2747.com /2747/world/station/london.htm

	Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "Cannon Street Station"
		Cannon Street Station, the City terminus of the South Eastern Railway, similar in general arrangements to its sister station at Charing-cross, with which it is in communication every few minutes by trains which run constantly backwards and forwards.
		NEAREST Railway Station, Mansion House (Dist.) Omnibus Routes Cannon-street and Cheapside; Cab Rank, In station.
		The upper part is occupied by a huge hotel, a noticeable feature in which is a fine hall, which can be hired for public meetings, &c.
	www.victorianlondon.org /transport/dickens-cannonstreetstation.htm

	tourist information on Cannon Street Railway Bridge, London : tourist information from TourUK
		In 1861 an Act of Parliament was passed to allow South Eastern Railway to construct a railway station in Cannon Street, less than one mile from their original station at London Bridge.
		The station, river bridge and viaduct approaches were designed by Sir John Hawkshaw, consulting engineer to the South Eastern Railway, and work commenced in 1863.
		The downstream path was reserved for railway employees but the upstream side was open to the public as a tollbridge, the toll abolished in 1877.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_bridges/cannonstreetrailway_bridge1.htm

	British Archaeology, no 43, April 1999: Places
		Behind the port, excavations have revealed that in the 1st century sections of several streets were so packed that the buildings were arranged with their thin ends to the street.
		Many Roman streets underlie modern streets, but today's are wider, with the result that the fronts of Roman buildings - from which it would be easier to tell a shop from a dwelling - have either been destroyed, or lie under present pavements and are rarely excavated.
		During the early 2nd century a fort was established on the northwestern edge of the town, near the modern Barbican, perhaps for the bodyguard and staff of the governor.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /ba/ba43/ba43regs.html

	MERCHANTS OF THE STEELYARD - LoveToKnow Article on MERCHANTS OF THE STEELYARD
		The site is now occupied by Cannon Street railway station.
		Their beautiful guildhall in Thames Street, adorned with allegorical pictures by Holbein, and described by Stow, was made a naval storehouse~ The land~ and buildings still remained the property of the Hanseatic League, and were subsequently let to merchants for business purposes.
		Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 they were rebuilt as warehouses, and were finally sold to the South-Eastern Railway Company in 1852 by the Hanseatic towns, Lubeck, Bremen and Hamburg.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STEELYARD_MERCHANTS_OF_THE.htm

	History of England - London
		The mouth of the Walbrook is now under Cannon Street railway station and it's passage from the north follows Walbrook Street which connects Cannon Street station with the Mansion House and the Bank of England almost due north.
		The original Roman settlement stretched from The Walbrook river (Cannon Street Station) in the west to the Tower of London (which did not exist) in the east.
		When the Romans arrived they quickly chose the London area as the HQ for all activities in their new island colony perhaps because the area between present day Cannon Street Station and the Tower of London, on the north bank of the River Thames made an ideal port and with quick access to high ground.
	historyofengland.china2uk.com /london

	Welcome to Leeds station
		A new taxi rank and bus interchange have been built and are located on New Station Street.
		Leeds station has just undergone a £245m modernisation which allows more trains to travel through and caters for faster trains.
		Please use the following links to find out more about the station and the local area.
	www.networkrail.co.uk /Stations/stations/Leeds/Default.aspx

	mobile art and locative media
		"while the taxis are at their base station, they are represented by a middle c but as soon as they begin moving, their pitch is altered."
		"bbc three premièred a new opera, staged live amongst commuters in paddington, one of britain's busiest railway stations, with the aid of a spontaneous flashmob."
		"each participant in the sophisticated soirée is fitted on entry with disposable adhesive electrodes which register their pulse and transmit it by wireless means to a receiver station.
	www.netzwissenschaft.de /mob.htm

	Fairport's Cropredy Convention OFFICIAL guide
		When you arrive at Banbury railway station, ask a staffmember where to catch the bus to Cropredy.
		The Red Lion is just across the street from the church and puts on music in the car park behind the pub.
		The first aid 'field hospital' and the police station are at the top.
	www.fairportconvention.com /crop/cropguide.htm

	NEH Seminar 2002
		The new Cannon Street Railway Station in London shortly after its completion; Illustrated London News, 1866, in Michael Freeman, Railways and the Victorian Imagination(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), fig.145.
	www.umassd.edu /ir/r9.html

	Network Rail
		Network Rail owns and manages 17 of the biggest and busiest railway stations in the UK.
		It is a condition of all passenger and station licences that station and train operators should establish and comply with a Disabled People's Protection Policy (DPPP)
		It is an organic document that will be subject to continuous improvement and review.
	www.networkrail.co.uk /stations

	Hamilton Street Railway - Streetcar Operations
		The first line ran from Stuart Street West, near the what was then the Grand Trunk Railway passenger station, west to James then north to the city's commercial centre at Gore Park.
		Even though it no longer operated on railway tracks, the name Hamilton Street Railway continued to be used, and is still used today.
		The line was soon extended west along King Street to the Crystal Palace grounds (later named Victoria Park), to Wentworth Street which was the eastern city limits at the time.
	www.trainweb.org /elso/hsr.htm

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		City Centre 900 m, Railway Station 700 m, Bus Station 600 m Airport 13 km...
	www.modeltrainmania.com /garden_railroad1/buildinggardenrailway

	Fenchurch Street Railway Station main page
		Fenchurch Street station, like Cannon Street is heavily redeveloped with city office space, whilst still retaining some of its victorian charms.
		At street level, it can be seen the station is constructed on a viaduct.
		The station serves east London, and primarily south Essex, being the London, Tilbury and Southend route.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /londonstations/mainfs.html

	The early port - About maritime London - Port Cities
		Cannon Street Railway Station now occupies the site.
		The Hanseatic League's British headquarters were in London at Thames Street, in the Steelyard near Ironbridge Wharf.
		The Steelyard was a walled community with its own warehouses, weighing house, church, offices and residential quarters.
	www.portcities.org.uk /london/server/show/ConNarrative.37/chapterId/462/The-early-port.html

	Citytrain - Station details - Cleveland
		It means you can buy tickets to this event from Ticket Central at Central Station.
		To access the menu without javascript enabled please use the sitemap page.
	www.citytrain.com.au /stations/station_details/cleveland.asp

	Bell System History - The Bell System
		In a mellow mood, he told a reporter for the Wall Street Journal: "While the existence of two telephone systems in a city is a waste and a needless state of affairs, yet in most instances such a condition has been rather a benefit to the Bell companies....
		She explained to the operator at the little station exchange who she was.
		"Uncle Joe" Cannon, the congressman who would later become the iron-fisted speaker of the House, was astounded by Vail's decision to work for "the thing" invented by Bell.
	www.bellsystemmemorial.com /bellsystem_history.html

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