Plaistow (/ˈplɑːstoʊ/ PLAHST-oh or /ˈplæstoʊ/ PLAST-oh) is a London Underground station on Plaistow Road in the London Borough of Newham in Greater London...
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and Forest Gate to the north. The new line opened with stations initially at Bromley, Plaistow and East Ham. In November 1897 Arnold Hills, the owner...
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London Borough of Newham (section List of stations)
London City Airport. Major districts include East Ham, West Ham, Stratford, Plaistow, Forest Gate, Beckton and Canning Town. The borough was formed on 1 April...
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the construction of a railway station and MR trains passed through without stopping. In his 1973 BBC documentary Metro-land, Sir John Betjeman remarked...
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promoting the new route "by Metro to Watford" depicted Watford High Street on market day, belying the remote location of the station. For many years, the MR...
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who was also responsible for the design of a number of station reconstructions in outer "Metro-land" at this time. A few large houses had been built on...
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first underground metro line. The station, initially named Farringdon Street, was originally a short distance from the present station building. The line...
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Underground station on Whitechapel High Street in Whitechapel, in London, England. It takes its name from the City of London ward of Aldgate, the station lying...
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The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire...
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usually best to take the first train from platform 6 and change west of Plaistow as necessary (the last opportunity to change between the District and Hammersmith...
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