Art Deco style purpose-built coach station, the largest in Britain. Opened by London Coastal Coaches, an association of coach operators. Architects were Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. Ian Visits gives more information.
The photo shows the station in 1956.
2019: Plans to move Victoria Coach Station are dropped, for now.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Victoria Coach Station
Ian Visits gave us the precise date that this station was opened: 10 March 1932.
The team led by Chief Engineer Joseph Bell comprised 24 engineers, 6 electrical engineers, two boilermakers, a plumber and a clerk. When the ship foundered, they all (including those off-duty) stru...
Pioneering pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. Born Yorkshire. ...
The first municipal car park in St Marylebone was unveiled in 1965.
The oldest working railway station in London. It is on the North Kent line and is built on a high brick viaduct. A new modern station is planned to open close to the current site in 2012.
George Bernard Shaw lived in this house from 1887 to 1898. "From the coffers of his genius he enriched the world".
Opened by the London and South Western Railway on 11 July 1848 as ‘Waterloo Bridge station’. Built to extend the line from Nine Elms closer to the City, with the expectation that the line would eve...
Actor and singer. Born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon. She was promoted as the English Marilyn Monroe, and at the age of 16, joined J. Arthur Rank's charm school appearing in many of his films. She at...
