London Electric Railway information

The London Electric Railway (LER) was an underground railway company operating three lines on the London Underground. It was formed in 1910 and existed...

The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited (UERL), known operationally as the Underground for much of its existence, was established...

South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first successful deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction...

by the Post Office with assistance from the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, to transport mail between sorting offices. Inspired by the...

Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport. Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling passengers...

& City Railway in 1898, the Central London Railway in 1900, and the Great Northern and City Railway in 1904. The Underground Electric Railways Company...

London Underground rolling stock includes the electric multiple-unit trains used on the London Underground. These come in two sizes, smaller deep-level...

Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) group. Electric propulsion was introduced in 1905, and by the end of the year electric multiple units...

The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west...

In 1902, the BS&WR became a subsidiary of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) controlled by American financier Charles Yerkes. The...

City and South London Railway, prompted by a clause in its enabling act prohibiting the use of steam power. It opened in 1890, using electric locomotives...

Electric locomotives were first used on the London Underground when the first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), was opened...

overhead electric traction, most of the line was built on high level viaducts and was marketed as the South London Elevated Electric Railway in the early...

Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City...

with semi-circular windows on the first floor. When Underground Electric Railways of London (UERL) took over the line, it was renamed the Piccadilly line...

The LNWR electric units were ordered by the London and North Western Railway for its suburban services in London. The first cars, made with Siemens equipment...

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a British train operating company. It is owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT). The company's...

London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Bermondsey, south-east London. It occupies a large area...

Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world. Railway...

The Electric Railway Museum (formerly the Coventry Railway Centre) was located in Warwickshire, south-east of Coventry, near the village of Baginton. The...

lines. The first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The...

west and south-west London, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire. The station was opened in 1848 by the London and South Western Railway, and it replaced the...

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The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in...