Gunnersbury Station, with District Line train for Richmond
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Gunnersbury Station, with District Line train for Richmond
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 17 Apr 1955
View NW, towards Acton Central, Willesden and the North London Line - now London Overground (branching left) and Hammersmith, Victoria etc. and Upminster by LTE District Line (branching to the right) - whence the train has come. To the left the line goes over the River Thames to Kew Gardens and Richmond. The station was badly damaged by a tornado in 1954 and in 1955 still had a temporary roof.
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Image Location
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51.491403
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