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Pocket Central London Railway map, 1912.

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Reference number
1983/412
Description
This is a geographic style map on paper, which shows the route of the Central London Railway. All the Underground lines are shown in their entirety except the District Railway after South Ealing, Alperton, Parsons Green and Whitechapel Stations, and the Metropolitan Railway between Wembley Park and Uxbridge. Various colours are used to show the different underground lines and the Central London Railway line is overprinted with a thick red line. Circles are used to mark the site of stations and where there are interchanges either the circle is printed with the colour of both lines or a double headed arrow is printed which links the two lines. At each end of the Central London Railway line there is a large red circle which has information on the main line interchange at that station. The names of the stations at each end, Ealing Broadway and Liverpool Street are overprinted in large black letters above each of the interchange circles. All station names are printed in black, with the Central London Railway station names in a larger font than those on the other Underground lines. One extension is shown on this map, a red line with white bars is used to show the Central London Railway extension from Wood Lane to Ealing Broadway. Geographical features such as parks, rivers and main line railway lines are printed in various colours on a grey background, and tramways routes are marked with a broken white line. The exhibition sites at Shepherd's Bush, Olympia and Earls Court are marked in white. This map has a brown border with the map title at the top. There is a reference key showing the different line colours, as well as a key to the interchange symbols. The reverse is coloured in red and green and includes the times of first and last trains, a list of main line railway termini, a list of places of interest, subway connections, ticketing details, an advert for the Parcels Service and special notices and conditions of travel.
Printer
Dates
1912
Collection
Object type
  • Map
Location
Topics
Completeness
75%
  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    286mm
    Width
    355mm
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Object title
    Central London Railway
    Text
    THE DIRECT LINE
    FOR BUSINESS, SHOPPING AND PLEASURE.
    TRAINS RUN EVERY FEW MINUTES
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Printer
    , 1912
    Publisher
    Central London Railway, November 1912