Outer Circle (London)
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The Outer Circle was a London & North Western Railway service in London that operated from 1872 to 1908. The route was from the District Railway station at Mansion House to Earl's Court, then via the West London Railway to Willesden Junction and then via the North London Railway to Template:Rws. Although not a complete circuit, it was one of several 'circle' routes around London that opened at the same time, such as the 'inner circle' that is today's Circle line.Template:Sfn Trains would run once every 30 minutes. In 1908 the service was cut back to run from Earl's Court to Broad Street.
The Midland Railway operated a kind of Super Outer Circle from Template:Rws to Earl's Court for two years from 1878 to 1880, via the Dudding Hill freight line.
Outer Circle
History
On 1 February 1872 the London & North Western Railway (L&NWR) began a railway service between Template:Rws and the District Railway station at Mansion House via the North London Railway, Template:Rws, the West London Railway and Earl's Court,Template:Sfn replacing a service that had run along much of the same route to London Victoria.Template:Sfn This service became known as the 'outer circle' and was worked with L&NWR locomotives and carriages and there was a train every thirty minutes.Template:Sfn When the District electrified in 1905, it built electric locomotives to haul the carriages between Earl's Court and Mansion House.Template:Sfn The service appears on the 1908 'London Underground' map between Earl's Court and Uxbridge Road as a District Railway service.[1]
The service ceased to run east of Earl's Court from 1 January 1909.Template:Sfn The L&NWR electrified the West London Railway and an electric service between Willesden Junction and Earl's Court on started 1 May 1914.Template:Sfn This was initially with electric multiple units provided by the District Railway until 24 November 1914 when LNWR electric units took over.Template:Sfn Passenger services on the West London Railway ended on 19 October 1940 following bomb damage to the lineTemplate:Sfn
Uxbridge Road station closed with the line in 1940Template:Sfn and Template:Rws opened on the same site in 2008.[2] The line is currently served by the District line between Mansion House and Kensington (Olympia) and then the London Overground to Haggerston.
List of stations
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| Station | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Broad Street | 1986 | now demolished |
| Shoreditch | 1940 | |
| Haggerston | 1940 | reopened 2010 as part of the London Overground |
| Dalston Junction | 1986 | |
| Mildmay Park | 1934 | |
| Canonbury | ||
| Highbury | opened 1872; now Highbury & Islington | |
| Barnsbury | now Caledonian Road & Barnsbury | |
| Maiden Lane | 1916 | |
| Camden Town | opened 1870; now Camden Road | |
| Kentish Town | now Kentish Town West | |
| Gospel Oak | ||
| Hampstead Heath | ||
| Finchley Road | now Finchley Road & Frognal | |
| West End Lane | opened 1888; now West Hampstead | |
| Brondesbury | ||
| Brondesbury Park | opened 1904 | |
| Kensal Green & Harlesden | opened 1873; now Kensal Rise | |
| Willesden Junction | ||
| Wormwood Scrubs | 1940 | renamed St. Quintin Park |
| Uxbridge Road | 1940 | Shepherd's Bush station opened on the same site in 2008 |
| Addison Road | now Kensington (Olympia) | |
| Earl's Court | ||
| Brompton (Gloucester Road) | service withdrawn 31 December 1908 | now Gloucester Road |
| South Kensington | ||
| Sloane Square | ||
| Victoria | ||
| St James's Park | ||
| Westminster Bridge | now Westminster | |
| Charing Cross | now Embankment | |
| Temple | ||
| Blackfriars | ||
| Mansion House |
Super Outer Circle
Template:Super Outer Circle The Midland Railway operated a kind of Super Outer Circle from 1878 to 1880. In 1876 the Midland had negotiated running rights over the Metropolitan District Railway from the London & South Western Railway at Hammersmith to South Kensington. The Midland's main interest was supplying coal to Kensington, and in 1878 it opened coal depots at Kensington High Street and West Kensington.Template:Sfn From 1 May 1878 it also ran a passenger service from Earl's Court to St Pancras via Hammersmith, Template:Rws and the Dudding Hill freight line to Template:Rws. Two trains an hour ran until 30 September 1880.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The coal depots closed in the 1960s.Template:Sfn
See also
References
Notes
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- ↑ For the 1908 London Underground Map see File:Tube map 1908-2.jpg.
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