1932 London Electric Railway

Note: This is a sub-section of 1932 Railway Year Book and London Electric Railway

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GENERAL OFFICES.
55, BROADWAY, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, S.W. 1.
CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR.
RIGHT HON. LORD ASHFIELD, P.C., 55, Broadway, Westminster, London, S.W. 1.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.
RIGHT HON. LORD FARRER, Abinger Hall, Dorking, Surrey.
MANAGING DIRECTOR.
F. PICK, M.Inst.T., 55, Broadway, Westminster, London, S.W. 1.

DIRECTORS.
SIR ERNEST CLARK, K.C.B., C.B.E., 55, Broadway, Westminster, London, S.W. 1.
FIELD - MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM R. ROBERTSON, Bart., G.O.B., G.C.V.O., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., 88, Westbourne Terrace, London, W. 2.
Auditors —Messrs. DELOITTE, PLENDER, GRIFFITHS & CO., 5, London Wall Buildings, E.C. 3. and Messrs. PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO., 11, Ironmonger Lane, E.C. 2.
Solicitors—Messrs. BIRCHAM k CO., Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C.
Bankers—MIDLAND BANK, LTD., 5, Threadneedle Street, London. E.C. 2.
Telegraphic Address of General Offices: e/o Passengers.^ Sowest^ London.
Telephone No.: Victoria 6800.
[NOTE.—By the London Electric Railway Amalgamation Act, 1910 which received Royal Assent on the 26th July 1910 the Baker Street and Waterloo and Charing Cross. Euston and Hampstead Railways were amalgamated with the Great Northern Piccadilly and Brompton Railway as on and from 1st July., 1910, and the name of the Company was changed to The London Electric Railway Company.']
{For Officers see page 197.)

The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was incorporated in 1893 by Act of Parlianaent, and owns a double line of tube railway, commencing at the “ Elephant and Castle,” in the South of London, and running to Waterloo (for Southern Ry.), thence under the River Thames to Charing Cross (for District and Southern Rys.), Piccadilly Circus, Regent’s Park, Marylebone (for L. & N.E. Ry.), Edgware Road, Paddington (for Great Western Ry.), and Queen’s Park (connection with L. M. & S. Ry.). The first section of this railway was opened for public traffic on 10th March, 1906, and the other sections between the Elephant and Castle and Edgware Road during 1906 and 1907. The extension from Edgware Road to Paddington was opened on the 1st December, 1913, and to Queen’s Park in February, 1915, through running being subsequently extended to Willesden Junction (L. M. & S. Ry.) on the 10th May, 1915, and to Watford on 16th April, 1917.

The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (which is a consolidation of the Great Northern and Strand Ry., incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1899, and the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Ry., incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1897) owns or has perpetual running rights over a double line of railway commencing at Hammersmith in the west of London, running thence under the District Ry. to South
Kensington, thence to Piccadilly Circus, Holborn, King’s Cross (for L. & N.E. Ry. terminus) and terminating at Finsbury Park. There is a branch line from Holborn to Aldwych. The Company owns the whole of the line except about 1,100 yards of double track owned by the Metropolitan District Railway, at the western extremity over which the company has only running rights in perpetuity, and about 300 yards at the northern end, owned by the L.N.E. Railway which are leased. The main line of this railway was opened for public traffic on 15th December, 1906. Powers have been obtained to extend the line from Finsbury Park to Cockfosters, approximately 7| miles, and to connect with the District Railway near Hammersmith, and to run through trains to South Harrow and Hounslow. The construction of these works is in progress, and they are expected to be partly brought into operation this summer.

The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1893, and owns a double line of railway commencing at Kennington (connection with City and South London Railway), thence to Charing Cross (for District Railway), the Strand (for the Charing Cross terminus of the Southern Railway), Euston (for the L. M. & S. Ry. terminus), Camden Town, Hampstead, Golders Green, Hendon and Edgware, with a branch line from Camden Town to Kentish Town and Highgate. The railway between the Strand and Golders Green and Highgate was opened on 22nd June, 1907. Extensions have been opened on the following dates : to Charing Cross on 6th April, 1914; to Hendon on 19th November, 1923; a line connecting with the City and South London Railway at Euston on 20th April, 1924; to Edgware on 18th August, 1924 ; to Kennington, via Waterloo, connecting with the City and South London Railway, on 13th September, 1926. Through services are now in operation between Edgware and Highgate and Morden (City and South London Railway), via Euston and Kennington.

All three lines, which, where they pass through London, are in tubes, are electrically worked at 600 volts d.c. with third and fourth rails.
STATISTICS.—Year ended December 31st, 1931.

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Mileage.—Owned, 31 miles 23 chains ; lines leased or worked, 14 chains ; total mileage owned or leased, first track, 31 miles 37 chains ; second track, 31 miles 25 chains ; third track, 55 chains; fourth track, 40 chains ; total length of single track owned or leased (including sidings), 77 miles 74 chains.

Rolling Stock.—Electric motor cars, 430 ; trailer cars, 663 ; service vehicles, 17 ; service locomotives, 14.

Number of Passengers Conveyed.—Ordinary, 110,827,383; workmen, 19,083,332; season, 24,317,230; total, 154,227,945. (See also page 198.)

Train Mileage.—Traffic, 10,699,553 ; total, 10,755,555. Car mileage, in relation to traffic receipts, 36,841,820.

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