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Paddington is the main London terminus for trains from south Wales and the West of England.. This is a list of the 356 heavy rail passenger stations in and around London, England (340 being within the boundary of Greater London) where London area ticketing applies.
English: Map of the major railway stations of London. The thirteen terminal stations of London that are considered National Hubs ( Category A ).: Blackfriars, Cannon St, Charing Cross, Euston, Fenchurch St, King's Cross, Liverpool St, London Bridge, Marylebone, Paddington, St Pancras, Victoria, Waterloo.
The London station group is a group of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London, England.The group contains all 14 terminal stations in central London, either serving major national services or local commuter routes, and 4 other through-stations that are considered terminals for ticketing purposes.
London's Underground Stations: a social and architectural study. Midas Books. ISBN 978-0-85936-124-8. OCLC 12695214. Wolmar, Christian (2004). The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-84354-023-1. OCLC 60794863.
There are 14 current railway terminus stations in London (Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Euston, Fenchurch Street, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, King's Cross, Marylebone, Moorgate, Paddington, St Pancras, Victoria, and Waterloo) and three former terminus stations (Bishopsgate, Broad Street and Holborn Viaduct).
The Metropolitan Railway's original seven stations were inspired by Italianate designs, with the platforms lit by daylight from above and by gas lights in large glass globes. [292] Early District Railway stations were similar and on both railways the further from central London the station the simpler the construction. [293]
A topological map of the London Rail services, showing all lines and stations. The London Overground, DLR, Tramlink, and Elizabeth line are shown, as well as the London Underground system, to show how London Rail's services integrate with each other.
The first diagrammatic map of London's rapid transit network was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. [1] [2] He was a London Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were largely irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get from one station to another; only the topology of the route mattered.