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.
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:
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
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Piccadilly Circus Station
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