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 Westminster tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Westminster tube station on the London Underground serves the Circle, District and Jubilee lines.
During the station's redevelopment, a vast 39m (127ft) deep void was excavated underneath the old station to house the escalators, lifts and stairs to the deep-level Jubilee Line platforms.
The station was by far the most complex in terms of engineering of any of those on the Jubilee line and it was the last to open, just before Christmas 1999.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster_tube_station   (409 words)

  
 Charing Cross tube station - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
One of the entrances to Charing Cross tube station from Trafalgar Square.
On the Northern Line it is between Embankment and Leicester Square stations on the Charing Cross branch, and on the Bakerloo Line it is between Embankment and Piccadilly Circus stations.
The name "Charing Cross" had also previously been used by what is now Embankment tube station.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Charing_Cross_tube_station   (432 words)

  
 Embankment tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Embankment tube station is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster.
The station has two entrances, one on the Victoria Embankment and the other on Villiers Street, which leads up to The Strand.
The station was featured in the 2001 film Sliding Doors, which was filmed on location; however, all the filming of platforms and underground passages was done at other stations.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Embankment_tube_station   (593 words)

  
 Pimlico tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pimlico is a London Underground station in Pimlico, City of Westminster.
It is the only station on the Victoria Line which does not have an interchange with any other Underground or National Rail lines, and was the last station on that line to open, making it the last Underground station to open until the Jubilee Line was extended.
It is part of an office block entirely occupied by the Office for National Statistics apart from the station and a newsagent's shop.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pimlico_tube_station   (223 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Edgware Road tube station
It is not to be confused with Edgware tube station in North London.
Edgware Road tube station is the name given to two separate tube stations on London Underground.
Both stations are on Edgware Road, approximately 150 metres apart and on opposite sides of the Marylebone Road flyover and dual carriageway.
www.worldwardiary.com /history/Edgware_Road_tube_station   (142 words)

  
 Green Park tube station Info - Bored Net - Boredom
Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park itself, on Piccadilly close to its intersection with the pedestrian Queen's Walk.
It is between Bond Street and Westminster on the Jubilee Line, Victoria and Oxford Circus on the Victoria Line and Hyde Park Corner and Piccadilly Circus on the Piccadilly Line.
When the station was opened with the rest of the Piccadilly railway on December 15, 1906 it was known as Dover Street; the name was changed when the entrance moved to accomodate new escalators in 1933.
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/g/gr/green_park_tube_station.html   (134 words)

  
 Photo Image of the Westminster Tube station
ther parts of the station are even eerier - especially when no one else is around.
www.artofthestate.co.uk /london_photos/Westminster_tube_station.htm   (16 words)

  
 Articles - Charing Cross
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.
It was one of twelve places where Eleanor's coffin rested overnight during the funeral procession from Lincolnshire to her final resting-place at Westminster.
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.
www.wathcesa.com /articles/Charing_Cross   (282 words)

  
 London Tube Stations Guide Asia Travel Europe
Embankment underground station is beside Charing Cross station, which has recently been rebuilt, and the impressive high arched roof of the offices built over the tracks now dominates the the Embankment.
The monument refered to in the name of the tube station is the monument to the great fire of London in 1667.
Victoria Station is one of the main stations for the Sussex and the South Coast.
www.asiatravel.com /uk/atlondon/tubestations.html   (4403 words)

  
 Hotels near Westminster Tube
Westminster Tube Station is on the Circle, District and Jubilee lines, a short walk away from the Houses of Parliament, Whitehall, Downing Street and Westminster Abbey.
From the station Victoria Embankment leads along the Thames to Embankment and Charing Cross, which provide access to the Strand....
The Jubilee Hotel is conveniently situated close to the National Coach Station, London Victoria and the Underground.
www.activereservations.com /hotel/en/hotels-near-attractions/5094-3.html   (845 words)

  
 Pimlico tube station Definition / Pimlico tube station Research
Pimlico tube station is a very short walk away, Victoria bus and coach station is only 0.
Pimlico is a London Underground station in PimlicoPimlico is a district in London.
It is on the North bank of the River Thames, south of Victoria Station.
www.elresearch.com /Pimlico_tube_station   (221 words)

  
 CPFC BBS Archive - Worst tube station
And the walk from the Tube station to the Thameslink station (or vice versa) is not one for the faint hearted after dark.
Almost all of the tube stations are sh!te, apart from the brand new Jubilee Line ones.
Elephant and Castle is a truly shite tube stn.
forums.cpfc.org /showthread/t-53814.html   (1623 words)

  
 Articles - Queensway tube station
Queensway is a London Underground station, just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
These works were prompted by the need to replace the station's (very old) lifts, which had been breaking down quite frequently prior to the station's closure.
It is now closed for a year, as of 8th May 2005 for modernisation works, and will re-open in May 2006.
www.mafox.com /articles/Queensway_tube_station   (147 words)

  
 Alight here - Aldwych Tube Station
The tube station was shut down in three different periods, 1915, 1960 and 1994, so that when you walk through the building the experience is of encountering different periods of history.
For years I've been walking past Aldwych tube and have always been fascinated by it; this unused empty building in the middle of the busy city street.
The challenge is also to respect the history and the otherness of the spaces as they exist.
www.mycoventgarden.co.uk /westend/arts-tubeint.htm   (452 words)

  
 math lessons - Leicester Square tube station
Leicester Square Tube Station is a station on the London Underground, located on Charing Cross Road, a short distance to the east of Leicester Square itself.
On early tube plans, the station was listed as Cranbourn Street, but the present name was used when the station first opened, on December 15, 1906.
The station is on the Northern Line between Charing Cross and Tottenham Court Road, and the Piccadilly Line between Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden.
www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Leicester_Square_tube_station   (102 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - Bayswater tube station
Bayswater tube station is a London Underground station in Travelcard Zone 1 on the Circle and District lines.
World War 1 and 2 - Bayswater tube station
It has a single entrance which opens up to the west side of Queensway (W2) in the City of Westminster.
www.worldwardiary.com /history/Bayswater_tube_station   (106 words)

  
 Westminster tube station.html - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wait a few minutes, or check the deletion log.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster_tube_station.html   (45 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - International - Thousands gather for the funeral of Brazilian shot at Tube station
In London, a requiem mass for Mr Menezes was held at Westminster Cathedral to coincide with the funeral in Brazil.
At Stockwell station, a makeshift shrine to the electrician has been erected and floral tributes and messages of support have been left.
Three bunches of lilies were laid on a Brazilian flag at the entrance to the building and a large black and white picture of the dead man was propped up close by against the wall.
news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=1703172005   (776 words)

  
 Jean Charles de Menezes: Brazilian Did Not Wear Bulky Jacket: Relatives say Met admits that, contrary to reports, electrician did not leap tube station barrier MARK HONIGSBAUM / The Guardian (UK) 28jul2005
Speaking at a press conference after a meeting with the Metropolitan police, Vivien Figueiredo, 22, said that the first reports of how her 27-year-old cousin had come to be killed in mistake for a suicide bomber on Friday at Stockwell tube station were wrong.
Menezes, 27, was killed Friday, July 22, in London, at the Stockwell subway station as police investigated the series of attempted transit bombings a day earlier and the July 7 attacks that killed 56 people.
Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian shot dead in the head, was not wearing a heavy jacket that might have concealed a bomb, and did not jump the ticket barrier when challenged by armed plainclothes police, his cousin said yesterday.
www.mindfully.org /Reform/2005/Jean-Charles-de-Menezes28jul05.htm   (787 words)

  
 Articles - Millbank
Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster.
It is here many major broadcasters base their coverage of Westminster including the BBC, Sky News and ITV companies.
The area derives its name from a mill house belonging to nearby Westminster Abbey.
www.techize.com /articles/Millbank   (276 words)

  
 ST JAMES'S PARK TUBE STATION
St James's Park is a London Underground station by St James's Park in the City of Westminster.
It is between Victoria and Westminster on the Circle Line and District Line.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/ST+JAMES%2527S+PARK+TUBE+STATION   (60 words)

  
 In and around Westminster Tube/DLR Station
Westminster Hall - Parliament (distance = 117 m bearing 121°), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (distance = 229 m bearing 237°), Royal Institution of Civil Engineers (distance = 229 m bearing 237°), Treasury Office (distance = 182 m bearing 323°),
Westminster Arms (distance = 294 m bearing 237°)
London Eye - Wheel (distance = 469 m bearing 47°), St Margret's Westminister (distance = 161 m bearing 220°), Westminster Abbey (distance = 245 m bearing 219°), Horse Guards (distance = 423 m bearing 304°), Trooping the Colour (distance = 423 m bearing 304°),
www.juerg.ch /london/tube/Westminster.shtml   (494 words)

  
 Digipics Westminster Tube Station London
If you're ever in London you have to pay a visit to Westminster Underground station.
And when you come out of the station you'll be greeted with fantastic views of the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament.
These lights in the main foyer of the station reminded me of metallic birds..
www.iaingilfillan.net /albums/westminster_tube.html   (282 words)

  
 To the Hoon and back - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
I STUMBLED across Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon in Westminster Tube Station on Monday night.
As I boarded the Tube home, I set about thinking why Mr Hoon had taken so long to answer.
He had just completed Defence questions in the Commons and was standing by the ticket barrier with an aide.
archive.thisisyork.co.uk /2002/5/3/286671.html   (640 words)

  
 TrekEarth TUBE STATION Photo
Westnibster is one of the nice and interesting stations in London, and this is a classic POV.
I have to tell you that photography is forbidden in the tube.
You manage to grasp the feeling I had when taking the tube myself.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/London/Westminster/photo149398.htm   (517 words)

  
 Rodolfo: Penis size and cars
Ended up in Shoreditch this morning and found out that there are loads of trainers spookily hanging from a cable near the tube station fuck yeah.
I either try to leave earlier or later than the majority of commuters and today was no expection, expecially because I had a board meeting at Waterloo Station, which is near the river opposite the Parliament.
It was going to be held at St Martin's in the Fields in Trafalgar Square (just outside the picture on the right) and on my way there I passed a couple of gyms and places where there was forming a crowd near the televisions.
rodolfo.weblogger.com   (1149 words)

  
 Hotels near Westminster Tube Station London : Offering great value for Money
FindLondonRooms.com offers you a wider selection of hotels near Westminster tube station ranging from cheap hotels to four star and five Star luxury hotels in London.
Located just North of the London Wall and within close proximity to London City and Islington, the Westminster tube station provides easy access to the many attractions in and around the capital.
This London Underground station is also close to "The John Keats at Westminster", the birthplace of poet John Keats.
www.roomsnet.com /london-hotels/westminster-tube-station-hotels-london/westminster-tube-station-hotels-london.html   (206 words)

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