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The depth of the station box excavation and the proximity of the tunnels represented a significant risk to the stability of the foundation of the Houses of Parliament's clock tower (commonly known as Big Ben), which stands only 34 metres (112 ft) from the edge of the station box. To protect the foundation and manage settlement in the sub-soil ...
The second "Big Ben" (centre) and the Quarter Bells from The Illustrated News of the World, 4 December 1858 Big Ben. The main bell, officially known as the "Great Bell" but better known as Big Ben, is the largest bell in the tower and part of the Great Clock of Westminster. It sounds an E-natural. [75]
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...
A view from Westminster Pier on the River Thames. The development of Westminster Millennium Pier was funded by the Millennium Commission as part of the Thames project, and it was one of five new piers opened in 2000 by the Commission on the Thames (the others being Blackfriars Millennium Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Millennium Pier and Millbank Millennium Pier).
Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark the start of the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday. Over the past five years the Elizabeth Tower, and the clockwork and bell mechanism within ...
Los Angeles Union Station: 10.999 [26] [27] [28] Los Angeles United States: Amtrak, Metrolink, California High-Speed Rail (begins 2029-2033) 9: Los Angeles Metro Rail: 15: Buenavista railway station: 10.950 [29] Mexico City Mexico: Tren Suburbano: 3: Mexico City Metro: 16: Millennium Station: 10.764 [30] Chicago United States: Metra, South ...
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The departure board at New York Penn Station in New York City, the busiest Amtrak station in the United States with over 10 million passengers in 2023 The interior of Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., Amtrak's second-busiest station in the nation with over 4.7 million passengers in 2023 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Amtrak's third-busiest train station in the nation with ...