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Categories: Transport

A high-speed railway link from London through Kent to the UK end of the Channel Tunnel. Officially known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) and originally as the Union Railway or Continental Main Line (CML). 108 kilometres (67 miles) long, it was built to allow eight trains per hour through to the Channel Tunnel.

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High Speed 1

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High speed rail to Europe - 20th anniversary

Her Majesty was on the first train through the tunnel on its official opening...

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Stratford Depot

Other sources give varying opening and closing dates for the depot.

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Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge

At the same time that Battersea Park was created the first bridge at its eastern corner was built (shown in the image). This was opened in 1858, as Victoria Bridge, by Queen Victoria on her way to ...

Building, Transport

1 memorial
Princess Alice disaster

Princess Alice disaster

London's worst peacetime disaster. The Princess Alice was a passenger paddle steamer, making what was called a 'moonlight trip', from Swan Pier near London Bridge to the former Rosherville Pleasure...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

3 memorials
Tyburn Turnpike House

Tyburn Turnpike House

This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.

Building, Commerce, Property, Transport

1 memorial
Handley Page V/1500

Handley Page V/1500

A British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of WWW1. It was a four-engine biplane, which resembled a larger version of the earlier O/100 and O/400 bombers, and was int...

Vehicle, Transport

1 memorial
King's Cross Station

King's Cross Station

Designed by Lewis Cubitt.  Took the name from the area which had taken it from a statue of Geoge IV that once stood at the junction of Pentonville Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Caledonian ...

Place, Transport

1 memorial

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Broadway Palace

Broadway Palace

From Cinema Treasures : "... built for and operated by Browning, Hillier & Batley.  The name was changed to Broadway Palace Theatre in around 1936 and the operator was given as A.H. Batley, one...

Building, Cinema

4 memorials