Sujet

... junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan Railways at King's-Cross, 1868. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

New works on the Metropolitan Railway: junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan Railways at King's-Cross, 1868. 'The additional works lately finished on that portion...between the King's Cross and Farringdon-road stations are of some importance, both as remarkable achievements of constructive skill, and as providing, most completely and effectually, for the safe and commodious working of the traffic. This sectio...is to be used jointly by the Metropolitan, the Great Western, Midland, Great Northern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies' trains, being laid with rails of a mixed gauge, to admit both the broad and narrow...the traffic of the Metropolitan Railway is already enormous, more than twenty-three millions of passengers having been conveyed by it in the twelve months of the year 1867, sometimes 100,000 in one day...At King's Cross very considerable alterations have taken place...Beyond [the down] tunnel...two lines have been carried forward...For the Midland trains to enter the King's Cross station...a separate tunnel is being made, which opens at the head of the King's Cross station...our Illustration shows the aspect of these three tunnel-mouths, seen from the platform of the King's Cross station'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A34_149

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23,4Mo (1,9Mo) / 32,6cm x 18,0cm / 3848 x 2125 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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