The second largest of the 'Big Four' railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921. It served the area north and east of London, including the East Coast Main Line from London to Edinburgh via York and Newcastle upon Tyne, and the routes from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Inverness. Most of the country east of the Pennines including East Anglia was also part of it.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London and North Eastern Railway
Highams Park Signal Box Locally listed building erected in 1925 by the London...
Loughton is a London Underground station on the Central line, and is a Grade ...
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Formed through a merger of the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus and the Great Northern and Strand Railways. It is now part of the Piccadilly tube line.
The only surviving tollgate in London. The current charge (2018) is £1.20. This drawing shows the tollgate in possibly the late 18th or early 19th century.
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