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Whitechapel and Bow Railway

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365: 570: 100: 206: 235: 228: 107: 140: 50: 286: 78: 184: 162: 264: 436:, was electrified in 1905. Regular services were provided by the District Railway with joint stock. A through Ealing Broadway to Southend service was also provided from 1910 to 1939, traction west of Barking being provided by District Railway's electric locomotives. The LMS extended electrified track east from Barking and electric District Railway trains reached Upminster in 1932. 392:. Both companies went through a series of amalgamations. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway was purchased by the Midland Railway in 1912. It was subsequently grouped into the 626: 631: 364: 401: 636: 646: 607: 248: 641: 393: 389: 353: 295: 244: 405: 412:
in 1948. Complete ownership of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway passed to the London Transport Executive in 1950.
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with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway at the above-ground Campbell Road Junction at
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The two mile long line opened in 1902 and linked the Metropolitan District Railway at
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Index

Legend
District Rly
Mansion House
Whitechapel (St Mary's)
ELR
New Cross
St Mary's curve
Whitechapel
Stepney Green
Mile End
Bow Road
LTSR
Fenchurch Street
Bromley
LTSR
Barking
underground railway
London
London Underground
joint venture
Metropolitan District Railway
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

Railway Clearing House
joint venture
District Railway
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Underground Electric Railways Company of London

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