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Site ID :- GTL00145
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Address :- Station Approach, London, Greater London, NW10 4UY
Grid Reference :- TQ 219 829
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 521900 m, Northing 182900 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.531857 , -0.243995
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Administrative Area :- Hammersmith & Fulham
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
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Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
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Description and History

Opened 1866. Main line and high-level stations rebuilt 1894. Willesden Junction new station opened 1912 as part of LMJR electrification scheme and building 1907-15 of new line from Euston to Watford. Serves Midland Region main line - LMJR - (now electrified), the North London and Bakerloo passenger routes, the West London through line south, also passing point of reference for nearby GWR line into Paddington which was, under original 1835 plan (cancelled 1836) due to join the LMJR (then London & Birmingham) into Euston from west of Kensal Green Cemetery. Architecturally unmemorable but strategically important.

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Previous Comments:-

??No o 'Piccadilly Circus' - what is this about then? FRM
Surely LMJR is the LMR? - Charles Norrie
--- the following annotation is from Bob Rust, GLIAS :
GR TQ 2187 8293 - Robert Mason - 8 May 2022

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