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Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail. [3] Named after the nearby Victoria Street , [ 4 ] the mainline station is a terminus of the Brighton Main Line to Gatwick Airport and Brighton and the ...
The Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway (VS&PR) was an early British railway company which was incorporated by act of Parliament, the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. cxviii), on 23 July to build a railway line connecting the existing London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) terminus in Battersea to a new terminal at London Victoria station in Westminster.
A new company, called Victoria Station Acquisition Corporation and was controlled by Lowell Farkas, purchased the Victoria Station trademark and 11 of the restaurants for $6.5 million and the assumption of a $1 million tax liability. [6] There was a similar chain called "Twickenham Station" in Alabama and Florida during the same time span.
Victoria bus station, outside Victoria railway station in 2007, with three bendy buses loading up. (This is not to be confused with Victoria Coach Station). Pleasance Pendred and three other suffragettes smashed the windows of various shops including the antiquities shop at 167 Victoria Street in 1913. [2] Victoria Station was built in 1860. [1]
Nottingham Victoria railway station, in England; Sheffield Victoria railway station, in England; Swansea Victoria railway station, in Wales; Victoria railway station (Ireland), in County Cork; Victoria (Blaenau Gwent) railway station, in Wales; Victoria Dock railway station, also known as Victoria station, in Hull, England
Towards the southern end, Victoria Station was opened in 1866 and the adjacent Victoria Coach Station was built in 1932 in the Art Deco style. [1] From 1890 to 1956 the street had a parish church in the form of St Philip's Church, Buckingham Palace Road.
The last train to Victoria station, an enthusiasts' special, arrived at 00:44 on 5 January and, from that point, the station was closed. Between 20 and 22 January 1973, the station was briefly reopened whilst Sheffield (Midland) station was completely closed for commissioning of the new power signalling box.
Victoria Park (opened as Victoria Park & Hackney Wick) [1] was a railway station near Victoria Park, east London, [2] that was on the North London Railway (NLR) which opened in September 1850 to Bow (where the trains turned east into the London and Blackwall Railway's Fenchurch Street station) and to the London Docks in January 1852.