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London transport The London transport system is one of the oldest and largest public transport systems in the world. Many components of its transport system, such as the double-decker bus, the Hackney Carriage black taxi and the London Underground, are internationally recognised symbols of London. Most transport services in London are controlled by Transport for London (TfL), an executive agency of the Greater London Authority. TfL-controlled services include the London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the London Overground, Buses and Trams, most of which accept payment by the Oyster card. TfL also administers the congestion charge zone and the low emission zone. London has a comprehensive rail network with several major railway stations linking to the rest of the country. International travel is possible from two international railway stations at St Pancras International and Stratford International, which connect to mainland Europe through the Eurostar service, or from one of six international airports, including Heathrow or Gatwick. London is the starting point for a number of motorway routes. The M25 is an orbital motorway which enables vehicles to avoid travelling through central London and is one of the busiest motorways in Europe. More about transport in London... Buses Taxis Underground Overground DLR Tramlink National Rail River Services Heathrow Airport

Selected article Aldwych is a closed London Underground station in the City of Westminster, originally opened as Strand in 1907. The station was the terminus of a short Piccadilly line branch from Holborn. The disused station building is situated close to the junction of Strand and Surrey Street. During its life time, the branch was the subject of a number of unrealised extension proposals that would have seen the tunnels through the station extended southwards, usually to Waterloo. Early plans for the second phase of the Jubilee line included an interchange at Aldwych and in 2005 a review of possible extensions of the Docklands Light Railway to Charing Cross also considered reuse of the station. Originally built with two platforms and a capacity for up to six lifts, the station was never fully completed. Suffering from low passenger numbers, one platform was taken out of use before the First World War and the station and branch were considered for closure several times, but survived as a weekday peak hours only service until closed in 1994, when the cost of replacing the lifts at Aldwych was considered too high compared to the income generated. The station has long been popular as a filming location and has appeared as itself and as other London Underground stations in a variety of films. Read more... All selected articles Selected biography Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet (7 September 1862 – 16 February 1932) was an American-born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892 and was chairman of Speyer Brothers, the British branch of his family's international finance house, and a partner in the German and American branches. He was chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, forerunner of the London Underground) from 1906 to 1915, a period during which the company opened three underground railway lines, electrified a fourth and took over two more. Speyer was a supporter of the musical arts and a friend of several leading composers, including Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss and Claude Debussy. He was chairman of the Classical Music Society for ten years, and he largely funded the Promenade Concerts between 1902 and 1914. His non-musical charitable activities included being honorary treasurer of the fund for Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition. For his philanthropy he was made a baronet in 1906 and a Privy Counsellor in 1909. After the start of the World War I, he became the subject of anti-German attacks in the Press. In 1915, Speyer offered to resign from the Privy Council and to relinquish his baronetcy, but the Prime Minister turned down the offer. He resigned as chairman of the UERL and went to the United States. In 1921, the British government investigated accusations that Speyer had traded with the enemy during the war, and had participated in other wartime conduct incompatible with his status as a British subject. Speyer denied the charges, but his naturalisation was revoked and he was struck off the list of members of the Privy Council. Read more... All Selected biographies

Selected pictures Tram 2548 calls at Arena tram stop. This is one of the trams on the Tramlink network centred on Croydon in south London. A tram of the London United Tramways at Boston Road, Hanwell, circa 1910. The New Routemaster built by Wrightbus has three entrances, two staircases and is designed to be reminiscent of the Routemaster. Day (left) and Night (right) sculptures by Sir Jacob Epstein on the London Underground's headquarters at 55 Broadway. Arguably the best-preserved disused station building in London, this is the former Alexandra Palace station on the GNR Highgate branch (closed in 1954). It is now in use as a community centre (CUFOS). London Overground Class 378 train on the East London Line in Hoxton. 55 Broadway, headquarters of the UERL and its successors, is a Grade I listed building in Westminster designed by Charles Holden. London Underground A60 Stock (left) and 1938 Stock (right) trains showing the difference in the sizes of the two types of rolling stock operated on the system. A60 stock trains operated on the surface and sub-surface sections of the Metropolitan line from 1961 to 2012 and 1938 Stock operated on various deep level tube lines from 1938 to 1988. Early style tube roundel in mosaic at Maida Vale Underground station. "Boris Bikes" from the Santander Cycles hire scheme waiting for use at a docking station in Victoria. Qantas Boeing 747-400 about to land at Heathrow Airport, seen beyond the roofs of Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow. London General Omnibus Company B-type bus B340 built in 1911 by AEC. One of a number of London buses purchased by the British military during World War I, this vehicle was operated on the Western Front. Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus, in the West End of London, 1949. Helicopter landing at London Heliport, a jetty constructed in the River Thames in Battersea. Clapham Common Underground station north and south-bound platforms on the Northern line. Stockwell bus garage, Stockwell, a Grade II* listed building. TX4 London Taxi at Heathrow Airport. Central London Railway poster, published in 1905. The original Hampton Court Bridge in 1753, the first of four on the site. The western departures concourse of King's Cross railway station. Thames Clippers service catamaran on the River Thames. The newly constructed junction of the Westway (A40) and the West Cross Route (A3220) at White City, circa 1970. Continuation of the West Cross Route northwards under the roundabout was cancelled leaving two short unused stubs for the slip roads that would have been provided for traffic joining or leaving the northern section. Tower bridge; a bascule bridge across the River Thames. Camden Lock or Hampstead Road Lock in Camden Town, north London is the only twin lock on the Regents Canal. Preserved AEC Routemaster coaches in London Transport Green Line livery. Rail, road and river traffic, seen from the London Eye. The multi-level junction between the M23 and M25 motorways near Merstham in Surrey. The M23 passes over the M25 with bridges carrying interchange slip roads for the two motorways in between. Archer statue by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley Underground station. Eurostar Class 373 trains at St Pancras station. A Hansom cab at Somerset House. Hammersmith Bridge, opened in 1887, crosses the River Thames in west London. Ruislip Lido Railway's 12-inch (300 mm) gauge locomotive "Mad Bess" hauling a passenger train. London Underground Battery-electric locomotive L16 designed to operate over tracks where the traction current is turned off for maintenance work. Original stations on the Metropolitan Railway from The Illustrated London News, 27 December 1862. View of Old London Bridge, circa 1632 by Claude de Jongh. The Circle routes of Victorian London, comprising the Inner Circle, Middle Circle, Outer Circle and Super Outer Circle. Planes waiting at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4. The south façade of King's Cross railway station London terminus of the East Coast Main Line. Duck tour converted DUKW amphibious vehicle exiting the River Thames. Escalators at Westminster Underground station descend between beams and columns of the station box to reach the deep-level Jubilee line platforms. Hornsey Lane Bridge, Archway, more commonly known as "Suicide Bridge". Sailing ships at West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in 1810. The docks opened in 1802 and closed in 1980 and have since been redeveloped as the Canary Wharf development. Victoria line 2009 Stock train at Euston. Gondolas of the Emirates Air Line cable car cross the River Thames from Greenwich Peninsula to Royal Docks. Woolwich Ferry boats "John Burns" and "James Newman" on the River Thames, 2012. Vauxhall Bridge across the River Thames opened in 1906 and features sculptures by F. W. Pomeroy. Albert Bridge, opened in 1873, crosses the River Thames between Chelsea and Battersea. Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel that runs under the River Thames in east London between Rotherhithe and Limehouse. An air raid shelter in a London Underground station during The Blitz. All Selected pictures In the news 10 May – Transport for London receives permission from the Department for Transport to begin development of the Silvertown Tunnel [1] 20 May – Transport for London's TfL Rail replaces the Heathrow Connect service from Paddington to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 and Heathrow Terminal 4 [2] 8 June – Transport for London announces that the Ultra Low Emission Zone due to be introduced on 8 April 2019 will be extended to the North and South Circular Roads on 25 October 2021. [3] 12 June – The Rotherhithe Tunnel is 110 years old. [4] 31 August – The opening of the Elizabeth line has been delayed from December 2018 to Autumn 2019 to provide time for infrastructure to be completed and trains to be test. [5] Archive Did you know... ...that the Underground's architect Charles Holden and LPTB Managing Director Frank Pick were both sons of drapers? ...that the Greenwich foot tunnel is classed as a public highway, and is therefore kept open by law 24 hours a day? ...that Verney Junction, the Metropolitan Railway's former northern terminus in Buckinghamshire, is closer to Coventry than it is to central London? ...that trains on the Waterloo & City line never see the light of day? More Did you know...

Maps Geographic London Underground maps Central area Complete network Official maps Tube · Night Tube · Overground · DLR · London Connections · Bus · Tramlink · Cycle hire River · Congestion Charge Zone · Low Emission Zone · Source London Recognised content Featured articles (30) 1910 London to Manchester air race • Albert Bridge, London • Aldwych tube station • Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield • Baker Street and Waterloo Railway • Battersea Bridge • Brill Tramway • Brill railway station • Central London Railway • Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway • Chelsea Bridge • City and South London Railway • Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway • Herne Hill railway station • Charles Holden • London Necropolis Company • Metropolitan Railway • Moorgate tube crash • RAF Northolt • Frank Pick • Quainton Road railway station • Richmond Bridge, London • Edgar Speyer • Underground Electric Railways Company of London • Vauxhall Bridge • Waddesdon Road railway station • Wandsworth Bridge • Westcott railway station • Wood Siding railway station • Wotton railway station (Brill Tramway) Featured lists (6) List of former and unopened London Underground stations • List of London Underground stations • List of London Monopoly locations • List of works by Charles Holden • London station group • Timeline of the London Underground Featured topics (2) Brill Tramway • Underground Electric Railways Company of London Good articles (90) A1 in London • A215 road • Acton Town tube station • Angel tube station • Arnos Grove tube station • William Henry Barlow • Blackfriars station • Blackwall Tunnel • BOAC Flight 712 • Bond Street • Bow Back Rivers • Bow Street • Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway • British Airways • British Rail Class 700 • Broad Street railway station (England) • Cannon Street station • Charing Cross railway station • Chesham branch • Chiswick Bridge • Coventry Street • Dartford Crossing • Denmark Street • District Railway • Down Street tube station • East Finchley tube station • Elephant & Castle tube station • Embankment tube station • Eurostar • Euston Road • Euston tube station • Euston railway station • Fenchurch Street railway station • Finchley Central tube station • Fleet Street • Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet • Gloucester Road tube station • Great Marlborough Street • Green Park tube station • Hammersmith & City line • Hammerton's Ferry • High Speed 1 • Highgate tube station • History of British Airways • Holborn tube station • Kennington tube station • Leicester Square • Murder of Deborah Linsley • Liverpool Street station • London Bridge station • London Country North East • London King's Cross railway station • London Necropolis Railway • London Necropolis railway station • London Paddington station • London Underground departmental stock • London Victoria station • London Waterloo station • M11 link road protest • Marylebone station • Moorgate station • Morden tube station • North Circular Road • Northumberland Avenue • Old Kent Road • Old Street station • Oxford Circus tube station • Oxford Street • Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) • Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) • Pall Mall, London • Park Lane • Charles Pearson • Pentonville Road • Piccadilly • Regent Street • St Pancras railway station • South Circular Road, London • South Kensington tube station • Strand, London • Tillingbourne Bus Company • Trafalgar Square • Upminster Bridge tube station • Victoria line • Vine Street, London • Westminster tube station • Whitechapel Road • Whitehall • Wimbledon and Sutton Railway • Woolwich Ferry Good topics (1) List of London Monopoly locations Articles Categories Transport in London ► Transport in London by borough ► Aviation in London ► Bridges and tunnels in London ► Cycling in London ► Transport design in London ► Docklands Light Railway ► Fare collection systems in London ► History of transport in London ► London Overground ► London Underground ► People associated with transport in London ► Rail transport in London ► Road transport in London ► Trams in London ► Transport authorities in London ► Transport infrastructure in London ► Transport operators in London ► Walking in London ► Water transport in London ► London transport stubs Wikiproject This Portal is maintained by WikiProject London Transport. Things you can do: Expand a stub: London transport stubs, London railway station stubs. Contribute to the London Portal, Trains Portal or UK Railways Portal. Suggestions for new "Did You Know?" facts Wikimedia