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Kings Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King's Cross is the "official" signage on both the Network Rail and London Underground stations and on the tube map. King's Cross also incorporates a major Underground station known as King's Cross St. Pancras, which is a major interchange station on the Tube network. King's Cross was originally designed and built as the London hub of the Great Northern Railway and terminus of the East Coast Main Line. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kings_Cross_station   (1240 words)

Charing Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The one which stands at Charing Cross, in front of the railway station, is a re-located Victorian "copy" (designed by architect Edward Middleton Barry) of the original, which was not nearly as large or ornate as the Victorian version. The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. The name Charing Cross derives from the old English word charing, meaning a bend in the river; thus, the Charing Cross is "the cross by the bend in the river". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charing_Cross   (1240 words)

Pepys' Diary: Charing Cross There was also an Eleanor Cross at Cheapside that may have been familiar to Pepys as a child, as it was demolished in 1643 when he was aged 9 or 10 (some of its decorative stonework can be seen at the Museum of London). Re: ‘Charing Cross was one of 12 “Eleanor Crosses” ‘ Charing Cross was one of 12 “Eleanor Crosses” www.pepysdiary.com /p/138.php   (1240 words)

Charing Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia London Charing Cross station is a central London railway terminus which is unusual in that its train services directly connect to two other railway termini; Waterloo and London Bridge. The cross marks the point from which all UK road distances from London are measured, so the station can claim to be the most central in London. The station takes its name from the Charing Cross district of London, which itself is named after the twelfth Eleanor cross, which stands in front of the station. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charing_Cross_railway_station   (1240 words)

Strand, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Strand tube station was merged into the new Charing Cross tube station when the Jubilee Line was built (along with the Trafalgar Square tube station on the Bakerloo Line). There are two tube stations: Charing Cross and Aldwych which is disused. Throughout the Middle Ages this area remained a link of development and activity between the commercial centre to the east and the political to the west. www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/The_Strand   (1240 words)

GERMAN - Online Information article about GERMAN The chief station of the missionaries was at a Hottentot settlement renamed Bethany (182o), a place 125 M. by Angra Pequena. The railway from II bank of the Orange river (q.v.) is in German territory. Another narrow gauge railway, to serve the Otavi copper mines, was begun in 1904 and completed in 1908. encyclopedia.jrank.org /GEO_GNU/GERMAN.html   (1240 words)

Kings Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King's Cross station is a railway station in Kings Cross to the north east of central London. King's Cross also incorporates a major Underground station known as King's Cross St. Pancras, which is a major interchange station on the Tube network. According to legend King's Cross is built on the site of Boudicca's final battle, or else her body is buried under one of the platforms there. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kings_Cross_railway_station   (1240 words)

Gerrards Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerrards Cross railway station serves the village of Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. The new line and station virtually created the present Gerrards Cross; the original settlement lay for the most part along the Oxford Road. At 19:35 on 30 June 2005 20 m of the tunnel roof near its eastern end collapsed, depositing failed tunnel segment fragments and many tonnes of infill material on the track. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerrards_Cross_railway_station   (1240 words)

Charing Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia London Charing Cross station is a central London railway terminus which is unusual in that its train services directly connect to two other railway termini; Waterloo and London Bridge. The station takes its name from the Charing Cross district of London, which itself is named after the twelfth Eleanor cross, which stands in front of the station. The cross marks the point from which all UK road distances from London are measured, so the station can claim to be the most central in London. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charing_Cross_station   (1240 words)

Kings Cross Thameslink railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King's Cross Thameslink station is a railway station in central London, which serves the Thameslink franchise. The present Thameslink platforms on the City Widened Lines are separated only by a newer wall from the site of the Underground platforms, which may still be seen on the west side from Underground trains travelling between King's Cross St. Pancras and Farringdon. The Thameslink platforms are linked by stairs and a 600 metre tunnel to the deep level lines at King's Cross St. Pancras tube station. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kings_Cross_Thameslink_station   (371 words)

Kings Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King's Cross is the "official" signage on both the Network Rail and London Underground stations and on the tube map. King's Cross also incorporates a major Underground station known as King's Cross St. Pancras, which is a major interchange station on the Tube network. King's Cross was originally designed and built as the London hub of the Great Northern Railway and terminus of the East Coast Main Line. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King's_Cross_Station   (1223 words)

Gerrards Cross railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerrards Cross railway station serves the village of Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. The new line and station virtually created the present Gerrards Cross; the original settlement lay for the most part along the Oxford Road. A development by the Tesco supermarket chain is turning the cutting on the London side of the station into a tunnel by the use of large concrete ring segments to form the tunnel profile. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerrards_Cross_railway_station   (480 words)

Australia Immigration Waterloo is a major railway station and transport interchange complex located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. The station became increasingly ramshackle and cluttered as the 19th century went on, until the decision was finally taken to tear the whole thing down and begin again. The station was widely praised for its architecture, and won a variety of awards on its opening in 1994. australiaimmigration.com /index.php?title=Waterloo_station   (480 words)

Written direction for finding Glasgow Meeting House The two landmarks for the Meeting House are Charing Cross railway station on Elmbank Crescent (about 80 yards) and the King's Theatre on Bath Street (about 120 yards). Charing Cross railway station is one stop west-bound from Queen Street (low level). On the Kingston Bridge cross the river Clyde and keep in the left lane leading to a single-lane slip road which almost immediately becomes double as it is joined by another from the left. quakerscotland.gn.apc.org /glasgow/finding.htm   (480 words)

Welcome to Charing Cross station Charing Cross was opened in 1864 and was the product of the Southern Eastern Railway's need to extend westward from London Bridge to get its passengers from Kent right into the heart of London. Situated on the forecourt of the stations is the Eleanor Cross, from which point road distances from London are measured. Queen Eleanor was the wife of Edward 1 and the cross is one of many erected at points on the journey where her body was rested on its way from Lincoln to Westminster for burial. www.networkrail.co.uk /Stations/stations/Charingcross/Default.aspx   (480 words)

Temple tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is the nearest tube station for King's College London and the London School of Economics. Temple is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment. 'Temple' is the only name to be shared by a station of the Paris Métro and a station of the London Underground. www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Temple_tube_station   (480 words)

Charing Cross and the Railway Station Charing Cross Station and Hotel, a minute's walk from Trafalgar Square, is one of the great Victorian railway stations. The station itself was built by the engineer John Hawkshaw in 1863, and the Renaissance-style hotel facing the Strand is by the architect E. The actual cross (Eleanor Cross) is not the original one, which was one of nine put up by King Edward I in memory of Queen Eleanor. www.speel.demon.co.uk /other/charing.htm   (480 words)

What to See in England - Waltham Abbey and Cross (By Gordon Home) At Waltham is one of the many crosses erected by Edward I. in memory of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, wherever her body rested on its way to Westminster from Lincoln. A little way to the left of Waltham Cross, now a gateway to the park of Theobalds, stands Temple Bar, stone for stone intact as it was in the days when traitors’ heads were raised above it in Fleet Street, although the original wooden gates have gone. Waltham Abbey is a market town in Essex on the banks of the Lea, which here divides into several branches which are used as motive power for some gunpowder and flour mills. www.authorama.com /what-to-see-in-england-7.html   (480 words)

The Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross, urban75 walk from Enfield Lock to Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt, September 2004 Waltham soon became the numero uno destination for discerning pilgrims and soon grew rich enough for the church to be on a grand scale, less than sixty years of being consecrated. The Abbey at Waltham was the last in the country to be dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540. A settlement existed in Waltham in Saxon times, but the earliest recorded history of the town dates back to the reign of King Canute (also known as Cnut, which is a bit unfortunate!). www.urban75.org /london/waltham1.html   (480 words)

Early Railway Signals Crossings of railways at grade require that only one train be allowed to cross at a time. Railway signals are a means of communication beyond the range of the voice. Red and white were customarily used on the common roads at the birth of railways, and were generally adopted. www.du.edu /~etuttle/rail/sigs.htm   (480 words)

History - Waltham Cross Following the development of both Waltham Cross and nearby Cheshunt, the two towns have merged into one, with the boundary probably defined by the railway line at Theobalds Grove station. The Eleanor Cross was erected by the King Edward I in 1291 to mark one of the resting places of his wife Queen Eleanor's body on it's journey from Harby in Lincolnshire to Westminster Abbey, following her death late the previous year. The old cross was surrounded by wires for a while when trolleybuses replaced the trams just before the war, but these fortunately went when motor buses took over in 1961. www.leevalley-online.co.uk /towns/wcross/wcrosshist1.htm   (480 words)

New look for Pune railway station chowk As per the new plan, the width of the road linking the main gate of Pune railway station with Maldhakka chowk will be increased to 27 mt from the present width of 15 mtrs. A new entrance will be made for the Pune railway station near the Railway Mail Service office and a footpath will be constructed along the compound wall of the railway station. The Central Railway officials offered to hand over possession of its 350.97 sq mt of land near the main gate of Pune Railway Station, where a cycle stand is located at present, for road widening after noticing that the commuters entering the railway station were facing problems due to frequent congestions at the busy chowk. www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990729/ige29150.html   (480 words)

Chester-le-Track - Your National Local Railway Station Wherever You Chester-le-Track is a real railway station on the track (not the street) at Chester-le-Street, located on the A1 road and east coast main line from London to Edinburgh, some 260 miles north of London King’s Cross. As well as being a real operational railway station, we run an internet business, with a range of railway, travel and leisure web domains, only about one-fifth are actually active at any one time. Welcome to the real railway station at Chester-le-Street in Co. Durham, England, the town where the Bible was first translated into English. www.chester-le-track.co.uk /htm/aboutus.htm   (480 words)

King's Cross Station -- Where Harry Potter Boards the Train The name "King’s Cross" came from a monument to King George IV (1820-30), which was built at the junction of Euston, St. Pancras and Pentonville roads. It is one of 10 main-line stations in the English capital and headquarters of the Great North Eastern Railway, whose line snakes up the United Kingdom’s east coast, through North London and Hertfordshire, to northern Scotland. The station is real and found on Euston Road, in the King's Cross district of north central London. www.angelfire.com /mi3/cookarama/kingcross.html   (480 words)

Railways of New Zealand: Rimutaka Railway Note that Maymorn is a station on the new line, not the old; it was the place during deviation construction where the two lines were connected to allow machinery and materials to be railed to the work sites. The "Rimutaka Railway" with its curves of up to 5 chains radius and 1 in 35 grades aside from the incline, was completely bypassed in October 1955 when the Rimutaka Deviation incorporating a 8.5 km tunnel under the hills was opened. In its early years as the only government railway route out of Wellington the line was of considerable importance, but after the rival Wellington and Manawatu Railway line was nationalised in 1908, the Wairarapa railway became and has remained a secondary route. www.trainweb.org /enzedrail/mainline/rimutaka   (480 words)

The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway However, the routes of the New York, Westchester & Boston Railway were so laid out that in communities which already had railroad service the stations of the new line were placed at the opposite end of the town to foster the growth of entirely new business. Similarly on the New Rochelle division the distance between local stations varies from 0.295 mile to 1.134 miles and the schedule speed is 19.1 m.p.h. A comprehensive transfer station, however, is being erected at 180th Street, to which the Interborough Rapid Transit Company is to extend the elevated section of its present subway line and the express service of its Third and Second Avenue elevated roads when third-tracked for that purpose. www.nycsubway.org /nyc/nywb/nywb1.html   (480 words)

New Cross Gate station New Cross Gate station is a London Underground and railway station in New Cross. New Cross Gate station timetable from National Rail's Live Departure Boards Street map of New Cross Gate station, from multimap.com www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ne/New%20Cross%20Gate%20station.htm   (480 words)

King's Cross St. Pancras tube station The first "underground" station at King's Cross opened as part of the Metropolitan Railway in 1863, and was rearranged in 1868 and 1926. New platforms for the subsurface lines of the Underground were opened about 400m to the west in 1941; part of what remains of the old station is now King's Cross Thameslink, though that is soon to become wholly disused when the Thameslink station moves to St Pancras. King's Cross St. Pancras tube station is the London Underground station serving both King's Cross and St. publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/k/ki/king_s_cross_st__pancras_tube_station.html   (355 words)

st pancras station The station is adjacent to King's Cross station. In the foreground is the entrance to the Kings Cross Station. King's Cross St. Pancras tube station is connected to St Pancras station. www.fact-library.com /st_pancras_station.html   (1357 words)

Encyclopedia: Sydney, Australia Sydney is a significant global and domestic tourist destination and is regularly declared to be one of the most beautiful and livable cities in the world, admired for its harbour, beautiful coastline, warm and pleasant climate and cosmopolitan culture. Sydney is a significant global and domestic tourist destination and is regularly declared to be one of the most beautiful and livable cities in the world, admired for its harbour, beaches and cosmopolitan culture. Sydney is located in a coastal basin between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sydney,-Australia   (2577 words)

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