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	White City tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		White City is the innermost surface station on the western leg of the Central line, and trains enter tube tunnels immediately to the central London side of the station (the south side).
		White City tube station is a London Underground station situated in Wood Lane in west London.
		This is an historical consequence of the reversal of the tracks in the tunnels of the anti-clockwise loop track built for the now-disused Wood Lane station, situated a short distance to the south of White City which was opened in 1908 as the then western terminus of the Central London Railway.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_City_tube_station (386 words)

	WHITE CITY STADIUM FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Wembley's owner's refusal to cancel its regular greyhound racing meant that the match between Uruguay and France in the was played at White City.
		White City Stadium, built in London, England, for the 1908_Summer_Olympics, was the first purpose-built Olympic stadium.
		In the first years of the 21st century there were rumours that a new stadium might be built in the White City area, possibly for Fulham alone or to share with QPR.
	www.flowergods.com /White_City_Stadium (342 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wood Lane tube station
		White City tube station is a station of the London Underground on the Central Line, which lies just a short distance north of the disused Wood Lane tube station.
		The station was closed in 1947 when White City tube station was opened a few hundred metres north.
		The front of the station remained until September 2003 when it was demolished to make way for the new White City shopping centre.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wood-Lane-tube-station (271 words)

	White City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tel Aviv; "The White City" is a nickname for this city in Israel
		White City: A Novel is a solo album by Pete Townshend of The Who
		The White City was an "ideal city" constructed for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_City (126 words)

	Leicester City FC - The Blue Army from the Leicester Mercury :
		Another tube station avaliable is the White City Tube Station on Wood Lane.
		The station on the Hammersmith and City Line is the closer of the two to the ground, taking approximately 10 minutes to walk.
		Queens Park tube station is not near the ground.
	www.thebluearmy.co.uk /details.asp?key=1A2602375675271587p5670 (215 words)

	BBC NEWS England London Tube train derails near station
		Officers were called at 1227 BST on Tuesday to a west-bound train on the Central Line which derailed near White City station.
		It said the White City train derailed at a set of points undergoing routine maintenance where a 20 mile-an-hour speed restriction was in place.
		Passengers have been led to safety after a Tube train derailed as it approached a station in west London.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/3704101.stm (396 words)

	WHITE CITY
		White City is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, England.
		Shoot the Chutes, the White City, Cleveland, O[hio].
		Algae bloom on pond at the Denman Wildlife Area near White City, Oregon.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/WHITE+CITY (390 words)

	alwaystouchout.com - White City & Shepherd's Bush
		Bus stops for services travelling between Shepherd's Bush and White City bus station would be located in the road between the Central and West London line stations, as well as the West London Tram terminus platforms in the middle of this road.
		The listed Dimco buildings on Ariel Way (near the location of the former Wood Lane station) will be restored and incorporated into the White City bus station.
		A new White City station for the Hammersmith & City Line will be constructed on the western side of the development.
	www.alwaystouchout.com /project/24 (996 words)

	BBC Training & Development > Television Centre
		Television Centre is on the left-hand side of Wood Lane practically opposite White City tube station.
		White City (Central line): Turn right out of the station and head up Wood Lane.
		White City is the large silver building on the left.
	www.bbctraining.com /travelTVC.asp (228 words)

	Underground Stories
		Ok, it was East Acton (WB), not much use if you had just been through White City where there are crew changes.
		Tube stations in tunnel sections are provided with "suicide pits" (
		The local station staff kept the kettle full of hot water for the convenience of train drivers, who would run in and fill their tea cans with hot water from time to time.
	www.trainweb.org /tubeprune/unstories.htm (5692 words)

	Rossetti Conference travel info
		Coaches arrive in Drummer Street, which is more central than the railway station, from where you will need to take a bus into the city centre or a taxi.
		Consult the ticket office at the tube station nearest to the airport, and get a ticket for King's Cross station.
		On arrival at Cambridge Station take a taxi (about UK£5.00, takes about 10 mins) from either the bus or train station to the college which is accommodating you (Trinity Hall or Sidney Sussex; check the map in case you wish to try walking the short distance from Drummer Street Coach Station to your college).
	www.english.cam.ac.uk /rossetti/travel.htm (1130 words)

	Micronaut Cities
		There are two Mego versions of the rocket tubes, a standar version, and a deluxe version that has more accessories and 4 feet more of track.
		You can stop the car inside the station and use it's motor to raise and lower the elevator or spin things on the rear of the station.
		The top of the station revolves (when you lower the elevator track) and pops open when the elevator reaches the top.
	www.micro-outpost.com /pictures/city/city.html (321 words)

	Hidden City: Brompton Road Tube Station
		In 1972 Brompton Road was widened, leading to the demolishion of the larger part of the station building, its replacement by the white-fronted facade seen in these photographs, taken in September 2000.
		Despite being next to the Brompton Oratory and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Brompton Road was another Piccadilly Line station closed due to low traffic.
		As at Down Street, the screen walls on the platform were not removed, and so all that is noticable at track-level is a brief change to open brickwork on the right of the train, and very grimy tiles on the left.
	www.cwgcuser.org.uk /personal/hiddenc/brts.htm (186 words)

	Wood Lane to White City
		The depot was built on the site of the present White City depot but it was larger in those days because it had to house the whole of the original fleet of 28 locomotives and 168 cars.
		The White City Stadium was closed in 1988 and replaced by new BBC offices which opened in 1990.
		The buildings were finished in white stucco, which is how the name White City arose.
	www.trainweb.org /tubeprune/Woodlane%20whitecity.htm (1828 words)

	Black and White Photography: London Tube Map
		The tube is intended to improve what the Vatican described as a "slow and progressive" recovery from his tracheotomy.
		Nintendo is launching the black and white versions of the Nintendo DS in Japan today, in case you're in the market for a slightly nicer looking model.
		Tube Lines has bought computer cards, old chips and other equipment which are now out of stock.
	www.stargeek.com /item/230252.html (3939 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts features Heavens below
		The corporation was demeaned in recent years by a spate of sub-standard buildings, notably in White City; commissioned along PFI principles, these were conceived as low-cost commodities, and loathed by staff from post-boys to producers.
		The new-look St Pancras station, scheduled to open in 2007, is dependent for its success on PFI deals, but promises to be a wonder (although its future magic will be due as much to the wizardry of its Victorian architects, engineers and craftsmen as to their 21st-century successors).
		Their tour was conducted by the station manager and, as they climbed the escalator from the lower concourse, the manager pointed to the blue glass wall MacCormac had designed with the artist Alex Beleschenko.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/features/story/0,11710,846848,00.html (1012 words)

	Dave's Blog
		Of course, the explosion was underground so there was nothing to see (except a large police presence and the now familiar white cloth barriers in front of the station).
		15 minutes later, I found myself at the Edgeware Road tube station, standing in front of a police barrier with piles of flowers in front of it.
		This being the big city and all, the McDonalds and other fast food restaurants were all quite crowded.
	owczarek.com /2005.07.10_arch.html (661 words)

	Welcome to Southend Drama Society
		We all met at White City tube station in rather wet weather, went to the new entrance at BBC Television Centre and were introduced to our guides, Kitty and Simon.
	www.southenddrama.co.uk /archive.html (2508 words)

	Geofftech - Tube - Silly Tube Maps
		Here at White City, the platform map has been blanked out, along with a separate metal plate covering up Blake Hall station which closed separately in 1981 before the whole Epping to Ongar branch did.
		Museum - The London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London (Nearest Tube Station: Covent Garden!) has got it's own 'Museum' sign right outside the entrance with a bench all the way around it where people alway sit to drink coffee and eat their lunch...
		This 'station' was built on the set in Eltsree especially for the BBC TV soap, and is supposedly a station on the District Line.
	www.geofftech.co.uk /tube/notonthemap.htm (350 words)

	Hilton Paddington London -- Recommendations and Resources
		In Paddington Station there is a display case showing Paddington Bear, a character of children's fiction who, in the book, is first discovered at this station and hence named after it.
		Paddington is an area in the west of London in the City of Westminster.
		The IRA bombed the telephone box outside the police station early one morning in the late 1990s as a demonstration to the British security services.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/74/hilton-paddington-london.html (655 words)

	KryssTal : The Piccadilly Line
		In 1932, the station name was changed to Arsenal to reflect the club's importance to the area.
		This old station was used during World War II as a secret war bunker safe from the bombs and crowds.
		The station's circular ticket office is right beneath the statue of Eros (which is not actually Eros).
	www.krysstal.com /piccline.html (1605 words)

	Disused Wood Lane tube station, White City, west London
		Disused Wood Lane tube station, White City, west London
		The west London station closed in November 1947 and currently awaits demolition.
		Opening on the 14th May 1908 to coincide with the opening of the Franco-British exhibition, Wood Lane gained its distinctive frontage in 1915.
	www.urban75.org /photos/london/lon226.html (85 words)

	White City
		The station was retained however and after 1920 it was opened for occasional events at White City Stadium.
		View of the White City platform site from the northern end of the northbound platform at Shepherd's Bush station.
		The entrance to the station was located at the north-western side of MacFarlane Road, the ticket office located in one of the arches to the right of the photo, now hidden behind the BBC car park.
	www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Tube/WhiteCity.html (202 words)

	London tube derails
		LONDON (Reuters) - A London underground train has gone off its rails at White City tube station, but nobody has been hurt, transport police say.
		White City is on the Central Line, where service was interrupted for weeks by a derailment last year.
		The front part of the carriage has hopped off the rails as it entered the station," a spokesman said.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2004/05/11/topnews/londontubederails.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html (79 words)

	Metronet Rail White City Tube derailment report published - Metronet supports recommendations
		The report concluded that it was a combination of the three factors that was the immediate cause of the White City derailment.
		The derailment occurred on a set of points at White City, which were undergoing improvement and renewal works.
		The investigation found that not all of these procedures were fully applied at White City.
	www.metronetrail.com /?sID=1092904732421 (477 words)

	The London guide to London's sights and tourist attractions
		You can tour the BBC studios just opposite White City tube station (at weekends they film drama shows and stars wander the corridors in search of sausage rolls and such from the BBC tea bars) - book by calling 0870 6030304.
		If it's wet the Barbican has a large hothouse conservatory on its roof (see our City Walks section).
		Opposite Southwark Station is The Ring - one of London's last boxing pubs which until very recently maintained a boxing ring and training gym on the first floor.
	www.londontourist.org /attractions.html (4312 words)

	HDI Events Information
		From White City tube station (Central Line), cross Wood Lane at the lights outside the station, turn right and walk for about a minute.
		The White City building can be accessed from South Africa Road or Wood Lane, it has a large walkway leading up to the building.
		The block of buildings (White City, Media Centre and Broadcast Centre) are called ‘Media Village’ in the plan lower on the page.
	www.hdi-europe.com /hdi-events/page2.asp?ID=72 (132 words)

	San Marcos Daily Record
		The timing of the robbery of a Wimberley gasoline station earlier this week suggests those responsible anticipated there wouldn't be any witnesses around.
		The female clerk told deputies that two white men wearing ski masks and white gloves entered the store and demanded money.
		The Hays County Sheriff's Office is releasing few details about the armed robbery of the Wimberley Exxon on Monday but, a spokesman said, there's little to tell.
	www.sanmarcosrecord.com /articles/2005/03/30/news/news2.txt (218 words)

	West London attractions and hotels guide.
		The nearest tube stations are Marble Arch, Bond Street, Oxford Circus or Tottenham Court Road.
		This district lays between royal Westminster and the financial powerhouse of the City and was first settled by nobles wanting to be close to both.
		The West End encompasses specific districts known as Soho, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury, Marylebone, Mayfair and The City each with their own distinct characteristics.
	www.thebest-london-hotels.com /area-west.html (1124 words)

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