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	City Thameslink railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		City Thameslink station replaced Holborn Viaduct railway station, which was a terminus located close to Holborn Viaduct itself and which was closed on January 26th, 1990.
		City Thameslink is an underground mainline railway station in the City of London, at the point where Fleet Street becomes Ludgate Hill.
		Paul's tube station, which is several hundred yards away and on the other side of St Paul's Cathedral.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/City_Thameslink_station (234 words)

	Wallington railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The station opened on 10 May 1847 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as 'Carshalton' on the new Croydon to Epsom railway and was renamed to 'Wallington' in 1868 when the new Carshalton railway station opened in Carshalton village.
		Wallington railway station is in the London Borough of Sutton in south London.
		Stations of London: Central area - Greater London
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wallington_railway_station (191 words)

	Kings Cross railway station - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		King's Cross station is a railway station in the Kings Cross district of north east central London.
		The station is served by routes to the north east of the UK, including Cambridge, York, Durham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness.
		The present King's Cross Thameslink station is 5 minutes' walk to the east.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kings_Cross_railway_station (1329 words)

	City of London - Psychology Central
		The City of London transport is integrated with that of the rest of Greater London under Transport for London.
		The City of London is England's smallest ceremonial county by both population and area covered and is the second smallest British city in both population and size, after St David's in Wales.
		The modern conurbation of London developed from the City of London and the nearby City of Westminster, which was the centre of the royal government.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/City_of_London (2062 words)

	Ludgate Circus/Holborn Viaduct BR
		The Blackfriars Railway Bridge carried only four tracks and 20 years later it was decided to construct a second railway bridge beside the first.
		The substantial remains of Ludgate Hill station (closed in 1929) are on the left, the bridge over Ludgate Hill is in the centre with a bus passing beneath it, and the train visible on the track above and to the right is at Holborn Viaduct station.
		An addition intermediate station at Snow Hill and a spur from Ludgate Hill to a terminus at Holborn Viaduct were opened in 1874.
	www.loveplums.co.uk /Tube/Holborn_Viaduct_station.html (1166 words)

	HolidayCity Destinations - London Transfer Information
		Thameslink operates a rail service to London Bridge and Kings Cross, and also stops at several other stations in the City of London.
		Trains from Luton — The railway station is located at Luton Parkway Station, and a free shuttle bus is available from the airport to the railway station.
		It pulls into the Liverpool Street Station in the city.
	www.holidaycityflash.com /uk/london_transfer.htm (499 words)

	International Railway Journal: Rail And Air Are Partners In The Travel Chain
		Nine airport railways opened in 1998, seven in 1999 and the forecast for 2000 is for a further seven.
		All containers are removed at the station serving Terminals 1, 2 and 3, then taken by lift to the surface and unloaded into vans.
		The airport has had a station since 1972 and this is still used by regional and local trains.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_4_40/ai_62240370 (1547 words)

	Derby Midland Station - Psychology Central
		The entrance's original clock was moved to the north end of the car park and the coats of arms of the Midland Railway and of the City of Derby were affixed to the new frontage.
		It is situated to the south-east of Derby City Centre, and is close to the west bank of the River Derwent.
		The station is an interchange point between the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to Leeds and the long-distance services on the Cross-Country route from Aberdeen through Birmingham to Penzance (the zero milepost on the Birmingham-bound Cross-Country route occurs at the South end of platform 1, at the merging of the two major routes).
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Derby_station (1178 words)

	Victoria Station (London)
		Victoria station is a London Underground and railway station in London, in the City of Westminster.
		Victoria station was originally two stations, the eastern one for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company and the western for the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.
		The eastern side, comprising platforms 1 - 8 services Kent, and the western side comprising platforms 9 - 19 is the terminus for lines running from Surrey and Sussex, including Gatwick Airport and Brighton.
	www.centipedia.com /articles/Victoria_Station_(London) (383 words)

	Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Ludgate Hill Station
		The station frontage survived, albeit hidden by other buildings, until 1990 when it was demolished during the construction of the St. Pauls Thameslink scheme.
		Notes: A temporary station with two narrow island platforms opened on 21st December 1864, this was replaced by a new, prmanent station in a slightly different site on 1.6.1865; the new station had a single, broad island platform and an overall room which was later removed.
		Thameslink has become a significant commuter route serving the airports at Gatwick and Luton and carries around 40 million passenger journeys on the system annually.
	www.subbrit.org.uk /sb-sites/stations/l/ludgate_hill/index.shtml (1134 words)

	McDermott - Offices - London
		This is a major London train station and is served by a number 4 tube networks, (Central Line, the Circle Line, the Hammersmith and City Line and the Metropolitan Line). It also provides travel links to Norwich via Ipswich and Kings Lynn via Cambridge.
		For those travelling by air, the Docklands Light Railway provides a direct rail link between London City Airport and Bank station.
		London Bridge is the oldest station in London and is located on the south side of the river Thames, the office is located on the north side. This station has regular rail links to and from Sussex and South London and is served by 2 tube lines (Jubilee Line and the Northern Line).
	www.mwe.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/offices.detail/object_id/B3F43CE0-784E-4A3D-BEC4-7952103BFCCE/international/1 (466 words)

	MINGLE 2003 - Travel
		There is a frequent (every 10 minutes) bus from the railway station into the centre of town which stops at the main bus station.
		The Cambridge station is located one kilometre south of the city centre.
		There are also train services: the easiest (and cheapest) way is to use the Thameslink service and change at King's Cross (about 300 metres' walk from King's Cross Thameslink station to King's Cross main line station): turn left out of the Thameslink station and keep going; it is well signposted.
	www.cl.cam.ac.uk /~nad/MINGLE2003/travel.html (747 words)

	CILT - The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - CILT - CILT News
		Silverlink will accept Thameslink tickets between Euston and Bletchley, Bletchley and Bedford, and St Albans Abbey and Watford Junction.
		Services for Thameslink customers travelling south of London will start from/terminate at City Thameslink or Blackfriars.
		The finding comes shortly after police discovered a car at Luton railway station that may be connected to the bomb attacks.
	www.cilt-international.com /news-display.asp?ID=414 (623 words)

	The Snow Hill Tunnel
		Apart from London Underground's network, the only other major railway tunnels under the centre of London are to be found on today's Thameslink line which connects London's northern and southern suburbs by passing over the tracks and tunnels of the so-called Widened Lines.
		Meanwhile the Midland railway had also obtained powers to build its own connection to the Widened Lines in 1864 and to run a service direct to the City of London.
		These lines have a history which stretches back nearly as far as the history of London's underground railways themselves as, for part of their journey, they parallel the Metropolitan and Circle line tracks between King's Cross and Moorgate.
	www.londonrailways.net /snowhill.htm (644 words)

	Southern Railway - Station Facilities
		Some smaller stations are unstaffed, but many have help points.
		At our larger stations, you will find comprehensive facilities and staff to help you.
		At all stations you will find shelter and somewhere to sit.
	www.southernrailway.com /main.php?page_id=96 (356 words)

	West London
		The Euston Plaza hotel London is wonderfully located in famous Bloomsbury, right in the heart of London, on the border between the West-End and the City.
		Nearest Railway Station: Euston Railway Station (0.8 km)
		Nearest Railway Station: Euston Railway Station (1.4 km)
	www.conference-centres.net /gpage8.html (2392 words)

	Brighton Railway
		Thameslink is a fifty-station franchise in the Rail transport in the United Kingdom running 1 E5 m north to south across London from Bedford, Bedfordshire to Brighton through Snow Hill tunnel.
		E-mail this to a friend Printable version The dead horse was dumped close to Brighton railway station...
		Liverpool & Manchester Railway, a group of businessmen decided to build a railway between the town and London.
	www.brightonrailway.info (656 words)

	Transport Blog
		My principal though about this article was about the location: City Thameslink station.
		If you are designing a building or a station or a train from scratch, puting in lifts and ramps as part of the original design and building efforts is not a terribly big deal.
		This line is well known for its inadequate infrastructure, and the proposal to upgrade this line is called Thameslink 2000, because that was when it was initially supposed to be finished by.
	www.transportblog.com /archives/000375.html (1726 words)

	World Homes Network - London
		The City Thameslink station (1991) was the first mainline railway station to be built in London for nearly a century.
		The City Thameslink station, the first mainline railway station to be built in London for nearly a century, opened in 1991.
		Since 1965 its metropolitan area has been known as Greater London, consisting of the City of London and 32 boroughs; total area 1,580 sq km/ 610 sq mi; combined population (1995) for 31 boroughs, excluding the cities of London and Westminster, 7,001,900.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/western/UnitedKingdom/england/counties/glondon.htm (1884 words)

	Telegraph News
		Though she arrived at the City Thameslink station in time for the meeting, staff said she would not be able to leave the station because the lift on the northbound platform was out of order.
		A woman in a wheelchair was sent on a two-hour round trip just to enable her to get from one side of a railway station to the other.
		Mrs Bates, 50, who started from West Worthing station instead of the Sussex town's central station because the lift was not working there either, said yesterday she had no option but to make the trip to Luton and back.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/29/nbates29.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/11/29/ixhome.html (297 words)

	RailNews: Railway information from around the world
		At least one new city railway station would be built, most likely near Wharf 8 at East Darling Harbour, to take passengers away from Wynyard and Town Hall, which have dangerously overcrowded platforms in peak hour.
		Union Railways said it would take at least two years to build the station and that, with funding still uncertain, it was unlikely to be ready until 2008 at the earliest.
		A huge hole below St Pancras station has been built to accommodate a new Thameslink station, but ministers have failed to provide the £70 million needed to fit it with platforms and escalators.
	www.railpersonnel.com /railnews/railnews050505txt.htm (2350 words)

	The Belle Sauvage :: London's History :: Discover its great, its strange, its seedy and its inspired past!
		It survived until the railway viaduct between Holborn and Blackfriars was constructed in 1873.
		The railway viaduct itself disappeared in 1990 and the associated archaeological excavations uncovered a large part of the foundations of the Belle Sauvage as well as one of the refuse pits which it used.
		It has been a continuous sound for many hundreds of years, in the very centre of the City, and it may be that the perpetual steady echo of passing footsteps is the true sound of London in its transience and in its permanence.
	www.storyoflondon.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=233 (1614 words)

	Morrison & Foerster : About : Offices : London
		The nearest tube station (underground railway station) is Moorgate.
		CityPoint is approximately a two minute walk from the station; upon exiting, follow the signs for Moorfields, London Wall and the Barbican Centre.
		From Gatwick Airport: Take the Thameslink Rail towards Kings Cross Thameslink and change at London Bridge for the Northern Line (towards High Barnet or Edgware) to Moorgate.
	www.mofo.com /mofo_dev/about/offices/london (222 words)

	Stanhope PLC : Home : PROJECTS : Case Studies
		The project involved simultaneous closure and demolition of the 19th century Holborn Viaduct Station, together with the associated viaduct running between Queen Victoria Street to the south and Holborn Viaduct to the north, and the construction of a new sub-surface station, City Thameslink.
		This was the first new railway station to be built within the City boundary for 100 years.
		The development, sitting astride City Thameslink station, benefits from extensive and rapid transportation links through Thameslink services to King's Cross-Bedford in the north, and Gatwick-Brighton to the South.
	www.stanhopeplc.com /PROJECTS/CASE_STUDIES?afw_source_key={AB3955F5-9B35-46B1-AF71-0D65C65100F8} (552 words)

	Participants
		Take a "Thameslink" train to King's Cross Thameslink Railway Station.
		The National Express coach station is situated in the centre of Leeds on Dyer Street, adjacent to the City Bus Station.
		We also intend to provide a free shuttle mini-bus between the Railway Station and Devonshire Hall on July 6, probably between 2pm and 8pm (these may be adjusted slightly according to popular times of arrival), doing about two trips per hour, aiming to meet trains from London and Manchester Airport.
	www.amsta.leeds.ac.uk /events/logic97/dev.html (808 words)

	St Albans - Wikitravel
		The city's second railway station, St Albans Abbey Station, is located to the south of the city centre, and is the terminus of the local line to Watford Junction.
		St Albans is easily accessed via the Thameslink railway which runs from London Kings Cross and connects with London Luton Airport.
		St Albans is an English cathedral city, located to the north of London, in the county of Hertfordshire.
	wikitravel.org /en/St_Albans (425 words)

	Local Permanent Courses
		Albans Thameslink Railway Station is 1km east of the city centre.
		Verulamium Park is an area of grass parkland with wooded areas and roman remains to the SW of St. Albans city centre.
		The St. Albans Abbey-Flyer Station (local line from Watford) is adjacent to Westminster Lodge Sports Centre and Verulamium Park.
	www.happyherts.org.uk /events/permanent.htm (501 words)

	CULG - Hammersmith & City Line
		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 actual Hammersmith and City Railway was created as a subsidiary of the GWR, running from the latter's main line at Westbourne Park to Hammersmith, mostly on viaducts and using mixed gauge track.
		From 1920 to 1959 White City station was only open on occasional days in association with events at the nearby exhibition centre.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/hammersmith.html (3072 words)

	Planning Tools : Britrail, The Most Celebrated Way To Travel Britain
		Ferry services arrive at King George Dock about 6 km from the city centre and railway station (Paragon).
		Thameslink offers a commuter service between Gatwick and London Kings Cross Thameslink Station, which is about 200 yards from Kings Cross mainline terminal.
		Dyce station is 5 mins by taxi, from which local trains to Aberdeen and Inverness run, with some through trains to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
	www.britrail.com /index_planningtools_airportandseaconnections.cfm (1502 words)

	Links to other useful sites
		The West Somerset Railway is one of longest preserved steam and diesel railways in the United Kingdom.
		The Severn Valley Railway is situated in the West Midlands and runs from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth over 16 miles in length.
		The Bluebell Railway in Sussex which is home to the largest collection of Southern steam locomotives.
	www.danbury.org /drm/links.htm (936 words)

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