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A brief history of the Hammersmith & City line in four forgotten maps

The Hammersmith & City line is the second oldest Tube service in London, taking 125 years to appear on the modern Underground map.
Work on the Hammersmith & City Railway began in 1861, with the first section opening in 1864.
The line was taken over by London Transport in 1933, which included the Hammersmith & City route.
Today, the Hammersmith & City line spans 15.8 miles with 29 stations, fully electrified and featuring air-conditioned trains introduced since 2012.

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A brief history of the Hammersmith & City line in four forgotten maps

The Hammersmith & City line was largely built on a viaduct across fields in west London, also using the “cut and cover” tunnels of the Metropolitan line.

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Government suggests closing or replacing Hammersmith Bridge, LDRS reveals

Proposals to turn Hammersmith Bridge into a completely inaccessible “monument”, or to demolish and replace it with a brand new river crossing, were both suggested by the Government at a recent meeting, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal. The ideas for the bridge’s future – both of which were rejected – were put on the table by the Department for Transport as two among six solutions for the structure’s poor state of repair at…

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