West London Extension Railway
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of Moorgate Street, London
West London Extension Railway 5.25 miles long, connected the main lines radiating to the north, out of Paddington and Euston, with lines running south from Waterloo, Victoria and Clapham Junction.
1859 The company was incorporated to acquire the West London Railway
Opened in 1863, the five-arched Battersea Railway Bridge carried London's only north-south through-route and was part of the West London Extension Railway.
1889 Engineers are Francis Stevenson and Lancaster Owen.[1]
1908 The line is 5 miles in length. [2]
After 1923 it was jointly owned by the Southern Railway, the Great Western Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1889 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908