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| Above: YouTubeCA video - London trams 1952 - Length: 10:53 mb_regex_set_options. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Last Days of the Old London Trams - Length: 6:48 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - London Underground - Lost Trains - Archive footage - London Transport History - Length: 55:11 mins. |
PHOTOS
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MAPS
Because of the complexity of the London-area rail transportation system, there are altogether six maps showing the routes:
- A map showing Central London
- A map showing North London
- A map showing East London
- A map showing Southeast London
- A map showing South London
- A map showing West London
It is possible to by-pass the maps:
CENTRAL LONDON
NORTH LONDON
EAST LONDON
SOUTHEAST LONDON
SOUTH LONDON
WEST LONDON
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| AG | Aldersgate | LR | Latimer Road |
| AP | Alexandra Palace | LS | Leicester Square |
| AR | Addison Road | LSS | Liverpool Street Station |
| AT | Acton Town | MaH | Mansion House |
| Aw | Aldwych | ME | Mile End |
| AwT | Archway Tavern (Highgate) | MH | Manor House |
| BA | Bakers Arms | MLB | Marylebone |
| BB | Blackfriars Bridge | MP | Manor Park |
| BF | Blackfriars | MwH | Muswell Hill |
| BG | Bethnal Green | OC | Oxford Circus |
| BS | Baker Street | OS | Old Street |
| BSB | Battersea Bridge | PB | Putney Bridge |
| BSS | Broad Street Station | PC | Piccadilly Circus |
| BT | Blackwall Tunnel | PHF | Parliament Hill Fields |
| CB | Chelsea Bridge | RAD | Royal Albert Dock |
| CSS | Cannon Street Station | SA | South Acton |
| CT | Canning Town | SB | Shepherd's Bush |
| CW | Camberwell | Sd | Shoreditch |
| CX | Charing Cross | Sf | Smithfield |
| DR | Dulwich Road | SH | Stamford Hill |
| E&C | Elephant & Castle | SS | Savoy Street |
| EIDR | East India Dock Road | SSC | Seven Sisters Corner |
| ER | Edgware Road | SWB | Southwark Bridge |
| FL | Ferry Lane (in Tottenham) | TB | Tower Bridge |
| FS | Fenchurch Street Station | TCR | Tottenham Court Road |
| FSS | Farringdon Street Station | TG | Turnham Green |
| GG | Greengate | TH | Town Hall |
| GR | Gloucester Road | TJ | Tooting Junction |
| GS | Greengate Street | UP | Upton Park |
| HE | Hop Exchange | V&AD | Victoria & Albert Docks |
| HR | Harrow Road | VB | Vauxhall Bridge |
| HV | Holborn Viaduct Station | VE | Victoria Embankment |
| KB | Kew Bridge | WB | Westminster Bridge |
| KS | Kingsway Subway | WCh | Whitechapel |
| LaB | Lambeth Bridge | WF | Wanstead Flats |
| LB | London Bridge | WP | Wanstead Park |
| LBS | London Bridge Station | WS | Waterloo Station |
I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: London Passenger Transport Board
Note: Some route numbers are duplicated and even triplicated. In such cases, the second occurrence of a route number has an asterisk (*) after it, while the third has a cross (+). These symbols were not used by London Transport, however.
| 1 | Stratford – Upton Park - East Ham Town Hall |
| 1A | Stratford – Upton Park - Barking Road |
| 2 | Victoria Embankment – [Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle] [back: Westminster Bridge] – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Balham – Tooting – Merton – Wimbledon Station |
| 3 | Holborn – King's Cross – Kentish Town – Hampstead |
| 4 | Victoria Embankment – [ Westminster Bridge] [back: Elephant & Castle – Blackfriars Bridge ] – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Balham – Tooting – Merton – Wimbledon Station |
| 5 | Moorgate – Old Street – Angel – Finsbury – King's Cross – Camden Town – Hampstead |
| 5* | West Croydon – South Norwood – Crystal Palace |
| 6 | City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – Elephant & Castle – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Balham – Tooting – Tooting Junction |
| 7 | Holborn – King's Cross – Kentish Town – Parliament Hill Fields |
| 7* | Shepherd's Bush – Acton – Ealing – Southall – Hayes – Hillingdon – Uxbridge |
| 7+ | West Croydon – Croydon – Wallington – Sutton |
| 8 | Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Stockwell – [Clapham – Balham] [back: Streatham – Brixton] – Tooting |
| 9 | Moorgate – Old Street – Angel – Islington – Holloway – Highgate – East Finchley – North Finchley |
| 10 | City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – Elephant & Castle – Kennington – Brixton – Streatham – Tooting |
| 10* | Stratford – Plaistow – Greengate St. - Barking Rd. - East Ham Upton Park – Romford Rd. – Stratford [Circular route, both directions] [Weekdays only] |
| 11 | Moorgate – Old Street – Shoreditch Park – Holloway – Highgate Village |
| 12 | Hop Exchange – Southwark – Lambeth – Vauxhall – Battersea – Wandsworth – Tooting – Tooting Junction |
| 14 | Hop Exchange – Southwark – Blackfriars Bridge – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Vauxhall – Battersea – Wandsworth [Weekdays only] |
| 15 | Moorgate – Old Street – Angel – Finsbury – King's Cross – Kentish Town – Parliament Hill Fields |
| 16 | Victoria Embankment – [Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle] [back: Westminster Bridge] – Kennington – Brixton – Streatham – Norbury – Croydon – Purley |
| 17 | Farringdon Street Station – King's Cross – Holloway – Highgate (Archway Tavern) |
| 18 | Victoria Embankment – [ Westminster Bridge] [back: Elephant & Castle – Blackfriars Bridge ] – Kennington – Brixton – Streatham – Norbury – Croydon – Purley |
| 19 | Euston Road – Camden Town – Kentish Town – Archway Tavern – Highgate – East Finchley – North Finchley – Barnet |
| 20 | Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Stockwell – [Brixton – Streatham] [back: Balham – Clapham] – Tooting |
| 21 | Holborn – King's Cross – Holloway – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Wood Green – New Southgate – North Finchley |
| 23 | Tottenham (Ferry Lane) – Walthamstow – Woodford |
| 26 | Hop Exchange – Southwark – Blackfriars Bridge – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Vauxhall – Clapham Junction – Wandsworth – Putney – Putney Bridge - Hammersmith – Chiswick – Kew Bridge |
| 27 | Euston Road – Camden Town – Kentish Town – Holloway – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Seven Sisters Corner – Tottenham – Edmonton Town Hall [Weekdays only] |
| 28 | Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Clapham Junction – Wandsworth – Putney – Putney Bridge - Hammersmith – Shepherd's Bush – Harlesden |
| 29 | Euston Road – Camden Town – Kentish Town – Holloway – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Wood Green – Palmers Green – Enfield |
| 30 | West Croydon – Mitcham – Tooting Junction – Tooting – Wandsworth – Putney – Putney Bridge - Hammersmith – Shepherd's Bush – Harrow Road |
| 31 | Hackney – Bethnal Green – Shoreditch – Old Street – Bloomsbury – Kingsway Subway – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Vauxhall – Battersea – Wandsworth |
| 32 | Chelsea Bridge – Clapham |
| 33 | Manor House – Green Lanes – Islington – Angel – Bloomsbury – Kingsway Subway – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Kennington – Brixton – Dulwich Road – West Norwood |
| 34 | Chelsea (King's Road) – Battersea Bridge – Battersea – Clapham Junction – Clapham – Stockwell – Brixton – Camberwell – Elephant & Castle – Blackfriars Bridge – Blackfriars |
| 35 | Highgate (Archway Tavern) – Holloway – Islington – Angel – Bloomsbury – Kingsway Subway – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Brockley – Forest Hill |
| 35A | Highbury Station – Islington – Angel – Bloomsbury – Kingsway Subway – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Elephant & Castle |
| 36 | Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge [back: Blackfriars Bridge ] – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – New Cross – Greenwich – Woolwich – Plumstead – Abbey Wood |
| 37 | Wood Green – Alexandra Palace |
| 38 | Victoria Embankment – Blackfriars Bridge [back: Westminster Bridge] – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – New Cross – Greenwich – Woolwich – Plumstead – Abbey Wood |
| 39 | Tottenham (Bruce Grove) – Wood Green – Muswell Hill [in the afternoon/evening: – Alexandra Palace] |
| 39A | Tottenham (Bruce Grove) – Wood Green |
| 40 | Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Westminster Bridge – Kennington – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Greenwich – Woolwich – Plumstead – Abbey Wood |
| 41 | Moorgate – Old Street – Shoreditch Park – Green Lanes – Manor House |
| 42 | South Croydon – Croydon – Thornton Heath |
| 43 | Holborn – Old Street – Shoreditch – Dalston – Stoke Newington – Stamford Hill |
| 44 | Woolwich – Eltham Church [Weekdays only] |
| 45 | Cricklewood – Golders Green – Finchley – North Finchley |
| 46 | City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – New Cross – Lewisham – Eltham Church – Woolwich |
| 47 | London Docks – Aldgate – Spitalfields – Shoreditch – Dalston – Stoke Newington – Stamford Hill |
| 48 | City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – West Norwood |
| 49 | Liverpool Street Station – Shoreditch – Dalston – Stoke Newington – Stamford Hill – Seven Sisters Corner – Tottenham – Edmonton Town Hall [Weekdays only] |
| 49A | Ponders End – Enfield [Weekdays only] |
| 51 | Aldersgate – Angel – Islington – Green Lanes – Manor House – Muswell Hill |
| 53 | Euston Road – Camden Town – Kentish Town – Holloway – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Stamford Hill – Hackney – Bethnal Green – Whitechapel – Aldgate |
| 54 | Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Kennington – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Lewisham – Catford – Downham – Grove Park |
| 55 | Bloomsbury – Old Street – Shoreditch – Bethnal Green – Hackney – Bakers Arms – Leyton (Crownfield Rd.) [Weekdays only] |
| 55* | Brentford – Hanwell |
| 56 | Victoria Embankment – Blackfriars Bridge [back: Westminster Bridge] – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham Rye |
| 57 | Liverpool Street Station – Shoreditch – Bethnal Green – Hackney – Bakers Arms – Walthamstow – Chingford Mount |
| 57* | Shepherd's Bush – Hammersmith – Chiswick – Brentford – Hounslow |
| 58 | Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Kennington – Camberwell – Dulwich – Forest Hill – Catford – Lewisham – Greenwich – Blackwall Tunnel |
| 59 | Holborn – King's Cross – Holloway – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Seven Sisters Corner – Tottenham – Edmonton Town Hall |
| 60 | Paddington – Harrow Road – Harlesden – Willesden – Cricklewood – Golders Green – Finchley – North Finchley |
| 61 | Aldgate – Whitechapel – Mile End – Bow – Stratford – Whipps Cross – Bakers Arms |
| 62 | Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Westminster Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Dulwich – Forest Hill – Catford – Lewisham – Greenwich – Blackwall Tunnel [Weekdays only] |
| 62* | Paddington – Harrow Road – Harlesden – Wembley – Sudbury |
| 63 | Aldgate – Whitechapel – Mile End – Bow – Stratford – Romford Rd. – Manor Park – Ilford |
| 63* | Shepherd's Bush – Hammersmith – Chiswick – Kew Bridge |
| 64 | Cricklewood – Hendon – Edgware [Weekdays only] |
| 65 | Bloomsbury – Old Street – Spitalfields – Commercial Road – East India Dock Road – Poplar (Blackwall Tunnel) |
| 66 | Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Brockley – Forest Hill [Weekdays only] |
| 66* | Acton – Harlesden – Willesden – Cricklewood – Hendon – Edgware – Canons Park |
| 67 | Aldgate – Commercial Road – East India Dock Road – Poplar – Canning Town – East Ham – Barking Rd. - Barking |
| 67* | Hammersmith – Chiswick – Brentford – Isleworth – Twickenham – Hampton – Hampton Court |
| 68 | Waterloo Station – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – Bermondsey – Surrey Docks – Greenwich Church |
| 68* | Acton – Harlesden [Weekdays only] |
| 69 | Canning Town – Plaistow – Stratford |
| 70 | London Bridge – Bermondsey – Surrey Docks – Greenwich Church |
| 71 | [Weekdays: Aldersgate – Angel – Islington – Holloway – Finsbury Park] [Sundays: Wood Green] – Manor House – Stamford Hill – Hackney – Bethnal Green – Whitechapel – Aldgate |
| 72 | Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Westminster Bridge – Kennington – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Lewisham – Eltham – Woolwich |
| 73 | Wanstead Park – Manor Park – East Ham – Royal Albert Dock |
| 74 | Blackfriars – Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – New Cross – Brockley – Catford – Downham |
| 75 | Holborn – Angel – Islington – Dalston – Stoke Newington – Stamford Hill [Weekdays only] |
| 77 | Aldersgate – Angel – Islington – Dalston – Hackney – Mile End – West India Docks |
| 78 | Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Stockwell – Brixton – Dulwich Road – West Norwood |
| 79 | Smithfield – Angel – Holloway – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Seven Sisters Corner – Tottenham – Edmonton Town Hall – Ponders End – Waltham Cross |
| 81 | Bloomsbury – Angel – Islington – Dalston – Hackney – Bakers Arms – Whipps Cross – Woodford |
| 83 | Moorgate – Old Street – Shoreditch Park – Dalston – Stoke Newington – Stamford Hill [Weekdays only] |
| 84 | Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge [back: Blackfriars Bridge] – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham Rye |
| 85 | Leyton – Higham Hill |
| 87 | Bakers Arms – Leyton – Crownfield Rd. - Stratford – Plaistow – Victoria & Albert Docks |
| 89 | Hammersmith – Acton |
| 91 | Barking – Ilford – Barkingside |
| 93 | Barking – Ilford – Chadwell Heath |
| 95 | Canning Town – Upton Park – West Ham – Wanstead Flats |
| 96 | Woolwich – Plumstead – Bexleyheath – Crayford - Dartford - Horns Cross |
| 97 | Chingford Mount – Walthamstow – Bakers Arms – Leyton – Crownfield Rd. - West Ham – Victoria & Albert Docks |
| 98 | Abbey Wood – Erith – Bexleyheath |
| 99 | Stratford – Plaistow – Greengate St. – Victoria & Albert Docks |
UNDERGROUND ROUTES
Operator: London Passenger Transport Board
Note: The one- or two-letter route designations are strictly local to this site, and have never been used by the operating companies. Branches of individual lines are listed separately.
| B | Bakerloo Line | Elephant & Castle – Waterloo – Charing Cross – Piccadilly Circus – Oxford Circus – Marylebone – Paddington – Maida Vale – Harlesden – Wembley – Harrow & Wealdstone – Watford Junction |
| Ce | Central Line | Liverpool Street Station – Bank – Holborn – Tottenham Court Road – Oxford Circus – Marble Arch – Notting Hill – Shepherd's Bush – Ealing Broadway |
| D | District Line | [Ealing Broadway – Acton Town] / [Richmond] – Turnham Green – Hammersmith – Earl's Court – Gloucester Road – South Kensington – Victoria Station – Embankment – Blackfriars – Aldgate – Whitechapel – Mile End – Barking – Dagenham – Upminster |
| D | District Line | [Branch:] Edgware Road – Paddington Station – Notting Hill – High Street Kensington – Earl's Court – Putney – Wimbledon |
| D | District Line | [Branch:] Hounslow West – Acton Town |
| D | District Line | [Branch:] Acton Town – South Acton |
| M | Metropolitan Line | Hammersmith – Shepherd's Bush – Paddington – Edgware – Baker Street – Euston – King's Cross St Pancras – Farringdon Street Station – Moorgate – Liverpool Street Station – Whitechapel / Mansion House |
| M | Metropolitan Line | [Branch:] Kensington (Addison Road) – Latimer Road |
| M | Metropolitan Line | [Branch:] Baker Street – South Hampstead – Wembley Park – Harrow – Ruislip – Uxbridge |
| M | Metropolitan Line | [Branch:] Wembley Park – Stanmore |
| M | Metropolitan Line | [Branch:] Harrow – Moor Park – Watford / Chesham / Brill / Verney Junction |
| M | Metropolitan Line | [Branch:] Shoreditch – Whitechapel – Surrey Docks – New Cross Gate / New Cross |
| N | Northern Line | Edgware – Hendon – Golders Green – Hamstead – Camden Town – Euston – Tottenham Court Road – Leicester Square – Charing Cross – Waterloo – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Tooting – Morden |
| N | Northern Line | [Branch:] Archway – Kentish Town – Camden Town |
| N | Northern Line | [Branch:] Camden Town – Euston – King's Cross St.Pancras – Angel – Old Street – Moorgate – Bank – Elephant & Castle – Kennington |
| N | Northern Line | [Branch:] Moorgate – Finsbury Park |
| P | Piccadilly Line | Uxbridge – Ruislip – Sudbury – North Ealing – Acton Town – Turnham Green – Hammersmith – Earl's Court – Gloucester Road – South Kensington – Knightsbridge – Piccadilly Circus – Leicester Square – Holborn – King's Cross St.Pancras – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Wood Green – Southgate – Cockfosters |
| P | Piccadilly Line | [Branch:] Hounslow West – Acton Town |
| P | Piccadilly Line | [Branch]: Holborn – Aldwych |
| W&C | Waterloo & City Line | Waterloo – Bank |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 523 km.
- Underground: ? km.
HISTORY
Tramways
- Horse–powered:1860 – (First World War.)
- First-generation electric tramway (conduit and overhead electric supply): 1901 - 6 July 1952.
- Revived tramway (electric overhead): May 2000 – today.
Rapid transit
- Dockland Light Railway (electric, 3rd rail): 31 Aug. 1987 - today.
- Underground: 10 Jan. 1863 - today (steam: 1863 - 1961; electric: 18 Dec. 1890 - today)
- Regional express (Elizabeth Line): 24 May 2022 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway (1st generation): 1435 mm.
- Dockland Light Railway: 1435 mm.
- Underground: 1435 mm. (also 2140 mm., 1863-1869)
- Regional express (Elizabeth Line): 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Bett, W.H. & Gillham, J.C. Great British tramway networks. London: Light Railway Transport League, 1962.
- British Railways pre-grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. London: Ian Allan, 5th ed., 1980.
- Johnston, H."London’s DLR - New trains soon: Who will operate them?", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2023 (86: 1031), p.416-420.
- "London Tramlink", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2012 (75: 893), Supplement, 16p.
- "London Underground: 150 years and moving forward", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2014 (77: 914), p.61-79.
- Oakley, E.R. & Holland, C.E. London Transport Tramways, 1933-1952. Bexleyheath (Kent): London Tramways History Group, 1998.
- Owen, N. "Croydon: A successful first half-year", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2000 (63: 756), p.448-450.
- Pulling, N. "System Factfile No. 34: London Docklands, UK", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2010 (73: 871), p.259-262.
- Pulling, N. "System Factfile No. 141: London trams, UK", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2019 (82: 979), p.263-267.
- Rose, D. The London Underground: A diagrammatic history (sheet map). London: Douglas Rose, 2nd ed., 1983.
- Streeter; T. "DLR: BIM Innovations", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2016 (79: 939), p.100-102.
- Trolleybus & tram route map (sheet map). London: London Transport, 1950.
- Wyse, J. & Bayman, B. "Light rail comes to London: The DLR opens". In: Light Rail '87. London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1987 [p.13-24].
WIKIS
- Docklands Light Railway
- Elizabeth line
- History of public transport authorities in London
- History of the London Underground
- Kingsway tramway subway
- London Passenger Transport Board
- London Underground
- Railway electrification in Great Britain
- Tramlink
- Trams in London
- Transport for London
- Tube map
WEB SITES
- The campaign to save the London Trams, 1946-1952
- London (on UrbanRail.Net)
- MTR Elizabeth line
- Trams in London
- Transport for London
Also, thanks to Geoffrey Tribe (from Leighton Buzzard, England) for information obtained through personal communication.
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