Government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain. It superseded Railtrack P.L.C.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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London Bridge station award
Princess Anne is mentioned on the plaque but we suspect she did not actually ...
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First Blackfriars Station
SER Blackfriars Station This is the entrance to the former Blackfriars Statio...
King's Cross Station
King's Cross Station -Â Lewis Cubitt (1799 - 1883) architect. The station was ...
King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations
{On the left side of the rusty information panel:} The war memorial at King’s...
Lewisham train disaster
In memory of those who lost their lives. Lewisham train disaster, 4th Decembe...
Other Subjects
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Pedestrian tunnel under the Thames designed by Sir Alexander Binnie, linking Greenwich town centre in the south with Island Gardens Park in the north. It is 1,215 feet (370.2 m) long and 50 feet (1...
3 memorials
Moorgate tube disaster
At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end.  Because it was b...
2 memorials
Croydon atmospheric railway
An experiment by the London and Croydon Railway. Pumping stations were built which created a vacuum in a pipe laid between the rails. Each carriage had a piston that entered a slot in the tube, sea...
2 memorials
Orient Line
Began as a shipbroking company. The inauguration of a liner service to Australia with the packet boat 'Orient' in 1866 saw the company trade as The Orient Line of Packets, regularly shortened to Or...
1 memorial
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