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The offices of the LNC at 121 Westminster Bridge Road, including the first class entrance to the 1902 terminus. The site for the replacement terminus was identified in 1896, and bought by the LSWR in 1899 for £5,500 (about £622,000 in terms of 2025 consumer spending power).
Looking west along Westminster Bridge Road with the spire of Christ Church on the left and The Perspective Building designed by Assael Architecture on the right. Westminster Bridge Road is a road in London, England. It runs on an east–west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
The Westminster Bridge Road offices of the LNC and the first class entrance to the second London terminus, opened in 1902. A site for the London terminus near Waterloo had been suggested by Richard Broun. Its proximity to the Thames meant that bodies could be cheaply transported to the terminus by water from much of London, while being situated ...
A road closure is in place on the bridge and police have said inquiries into the incident are ongoing. A user of X, formerly Twitter, posted online: “Westminster Bridge closed in both directions.
The station was opened as Westminster Bridge on 24 December 1868 by the steam-operated District Railway (DR) (now the District line) when the railway opened the first section of its line from South Kensington. [7] It was originally the eastern terminus of the DR and the station cutting ended at a concrete wall buffered by timber sleepers. [8]
The station's name was changed to Westminster Bridge Road in July 1906 and it was again renamed, to Lambeth (North), in April 1917, and then to Lambeth North in 1928. At 03:56 on 16 January 1941, a German "Satan" 1800 kg general-purpose bomb hit a hostel at nearby 92 Westminster Bridge Road. The shock wave severely damaged the southbound ...
The Building of Westminster Bridge is a 1742 riverscape painting by the English artist Samuel Scott. [1] It depicts the construction of Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London. Visible on the skyline are St John's, Smith Square, Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey and the tower St Margaret's. [2]
The extension past Nine Elms involved demolishing 700 houses, and most of it was carried on a brick viaduct to minimise disruption. The longest bridge was 90 feet (27 m) long and took the line over Westminster Bridge Road. [13] The approach to the new station carried four tracks, with the expectation that other companies would use it. [14]