Stations Collection (page 5)

Shell petrol boycott
A group of protesters stand outside a Shell garage holding placards calling for people to boycott Shell fuel due to the company's links with South Africa and apartheid. Date: c. 1988

1979 fuel shortage
A Texaco petrol station runs out of petrol during a national petrol shortage brought about by a price rise by OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

The Charing Cross Hotel with entrance to the station obtained from the large yard, which had lots of horse driven hansom cabs outside. Date: 1896

Cadbury's; the factory at Frampton-on-Severn. The milk- condensing factories have subsidiary collecting and cooling stations

Monitoring radio stations for news to rush to editors Date: 1941

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Building Victoria station
Building the new Victoria station - the view from Buckingham Palace Road. Extending Victoria station in 1905, and increasing the size from five to thirteen

Opening of the Northampton & Peterborough Railway
Thrapston and Oundle stations, along the route of the newly opened Northampton and Peterborough Railway. Date: 1845

London Underground station booking hall, with automatic ticket machines at different prices. Date: circa 1930

Map of underground and overground stations, South London
Map of underground and overground stations connecting the City to South London. The overground lines are the London & South Western Railway and the London Chatham & Dover Railway

Gower Street Station, Metropolitan underground, London
Platform scene at Gower Street Station, one of the first stations on the Metropolitan underground, London. It was later renamed Euston Square Station. Date: circa 1860s

Underground railway, scenes from three stations, London -- Mansion House (District Line), Sloane Square (District Line), and the ticket office at Shepherds Bush (Central Line). Date: 1903

Extension of London Underground railway, 1906
Extension of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing the Booking Office at Piccadilly Station, the line running from Hammersmith in the west to Finsbury Park in the north

London Underground, double tunnel at Clerkenwell 1884
London Underground, double tunnel at Clerkenwell, with two steam trains passing through, one above the other. Date: 1884

Map of London Underground railway, 1906
Map of the London Underground railway in 1906, showing its expansion in all directions. Date: 1906

Spalding railway station, Spalding, Lincolnshire. It opened in 1848 and was renamed Spalding Town railway station later the same year. Date: 1848

Great Northern Railway at Spalding, Lincolnshire
The Great Northern Railway at Spalding, Lincolnshire. Spalding station opened in 1848, and was renamed Spalding Town later the same year. Date: 1848

Wendon (Audley End) railway station, Wendon, Essex
Wendon railway station, Wendon (Wenden, or Wendens Ambo), Essex. It was opened in 1845 and three years later was renamed Audley End. Date: 1845

Swindon railway station, Swindon, Wiltshire, on the Great Western Railway. It opened in 1842 as Swindon Junction. Date: 1845

Thetford railway station, Thetford, Norfolk, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1845

Rugeley railway station, Rugeley, Staffordshire
Scene outside Rugeley Trent Valley railway station, Rugeley, Staffordshire, on the Trent Valley line, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1847

Stoke-on-Trent railway station, Staffordshire 1849
Stoke-on-Trent railway station, Winton Square, Staffordshire, on the North Staffordshire Railway route. Built in Jacobean style, it opened in 1848. Date: 1849

Thrapston Bridge Street railway station, Northamptonshire
Thrapston Bridge Street railway station, Thrapston, Northamptonshire. It opened (as Thrapston Station) in 1845. Date: 1845

Air raid preparations at London gas station, September 1939
An extreme example of sandbagging in anticipation of air raids at a garage in North London. The Sphere jokes that " motorists have to look twice before they recognise the petrol pumps"

Oundle railway station, Northamptonshire, seen here in the year it opened. Date: 1845

Norwich Thorpe railway station, Norwich, Norfolk
A busy scene in front of Norwich Thorpe railway station, Norwich, Norfolk, which opened in 1844. Date: 1845

Charing cross station 1870
A detailed exterior view engraving showing front of Charing cross station in the nineteenth century. Date: 1870

Railway pavilion at Tottenham 1847
An exterior look of Tottenham railway station. Date: 1847

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1883
Metropolitan Prize Puzzles, no.4, Waterloo Railway Station, London. Date: 1883

Paddington Station - London 1890
Platform scene at the Paddington Railway Station, London. Date: 1890

Paddington, Great Western Railway Station, London 1843
The exterior of the Great Western Railway terminus, Paddington Station, London. Date: 1843

Paddington Station, arrival of the night Mail 1902
Arrival of the night mail at Paddington Railway Station, London. Date: 1902

Kings Cross, railway buffet 1903
The scene from the Railway buffet at the Kings Cross Station, London. 1903

Kings Cross railway station, London
Arrival of steam engine in Kings Cross, railway station, London. Date: 19th century

Kings Cross, departure of the Scotch Express
Kings Cross Railway Station, departure of the Scotch Express. London. Date: 19th century

Euston Square - Railway Station Entrance, London 1870
New entrance to the Euston Square Railway Station, London. Date: 1870

Metropolitan Underground Railway 1862
Series of illustrations depicting the Metropolitan Underground Railway. 1862

Railway map, Willesden, Acton Wells, Queens Park, London
Railway map, Willesden, Acton Wells, Queens Park (West Kilburn), London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1920

Railway map, Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Haydon Square, London
Railway map, Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Haydon Square, Mansion House, Spitalfields & Whitechapel, London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1922

Railway map, Acton, Kew, Turnham Green, London
Railway map, Acton, Kew, South Acton & Turnham Green, London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1913

Entrance to Victoria Station, London. Date: circa 1908

Construction of underground railway King William Street 1888
Driving the tunnels of the London and Southwark sub-railway passing under the River Thames. 1888

Railway Station, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Date: 1906

Railway Station, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Date: circa 1906

W H Smith bookstall at a railway station, London, showing a young lady cleaning with a feather duster. Date: circa 1916

Kings Cross underground station 1868
Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868

Centenary celebrations with replica train, Liverpool
Centenary celebrations on the LMS Railway, September 1930, with the Lion engine and replica coaches of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830. 1930

Illinois Central Railroad Depot, Chicago, Illinois, USA, one of the busiest stations in the city. 1914

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