Transfer from Gatwick Airport to Charing Cross Station The Eleanor Cross replica was built in the same period as the Charing Cross Hotel. Its design was signed by Edward Middleton Barry and the cross was made from Red Mansfield stone. The structure was located in the forecourt of the station. The design was inspired from…
Transfer from Heathrow Airport to Charing Cross Station London Charing Cross or Charing Cross railway station is a railway terminus located in Central London, in the Westminster City. It is home to the Southeastern trains and the station is administered by Network Rail. It represents London’s 5th busiest rail terminal. The name of the station…
Transfer from London City Airport to Clapham Junction The Gatwick Express trains coming from Victoria, as well as the South West Trains from Southern and Waterloo pass through the Clapham Junction Station. The East London Line and the West London Line belonging to London Overground are also passing through this station. During the off-peak service,…
Transfer from Luton Airport to Clapham Junction The subway inside the Clapham Junction Station features refreshment kiosks. Some of these kiosks can also be found on a couple of platforms and on the footbridge. The south eastern entrance is also home to a small Sainsbury’s supermarket and to a shopping centre. The south western entrance…
Transfer from Stansted Airport to Clapham Junction Clapham Junction Station features 3 entrances. All of them had staffed ticket offices, but the only entrance opened 24/7 was the south eastern one. This is also the busiest and the most frequently used entrance. From St John’s Hill, you enter an indoor shopping centre and you get…
Transfer from Gatwick Airport to Clapham Junction Even though it’s called Clapham Junction Station, it is not located in Clapham. When the station was under construction, Clapham was the fashionable district and Battersea was the poorer. The upper- and middle-class clientele was attracted by adopting the grander name that is Clapham. For this reason, most…
Transfer from Heathrow Airport to Clapham Junction Clapham Junction is a railway station located in the Wandsworth London Borough, in south western Battersea. It’s situated close to St John’s Hill. There are numerous routes going to London Victoria and London Waterloo passing through Clapham Junction. This makes it one of Europe’s busiest stations. There are…
Transfer from London City Airport to London Bridge Station The northern part of the London Bridge Station features the through platforms 1 to 6. The trains that end or start at Cannon Street use the platforms 1-3. The platforms 4-6 are used by services from and to Charing Cross. The First Capital Connect serves the…
Transfer from Luton Airport to London Bridge Station A larger new station was planned in 1844 and it was opened the same year in July. However, it was not fully completed. A new line was built by the Croydon and South Eastern companies in 1844. These services moved from London Bridge Station, which only remained…
Transfer from Stansted Airport to London Bridge Station In the mid-19th century, South Eastern Railway and Brighton and London Railway were planning routes between Dover, Brighton and London. At the time, it was decided by the British Parliament that the entry corridor from South East England to London would become the Greenwich and London line.…