Victorian London - Transport - Railways, Above Ground - Stations -  list of stations and companies

Termini of the Metropolitan Railways.

1. London Bridge (Southwark side): Brighton and South-Coast Railway (and branches)-to New Cross, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Epsom, Brighton, Hastings, &c. This line also has a station at Pimlico.-The South-Eastern (and branches) - to Dorking, Guildford, Reading, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Reigate, Folkestone, Dover, Deal, Ramsgate. Margate, &c.-The North Kent-to Woolwich, Gravesend, Rochester, Maidstone, &c.-The Greenwich- to Spa Road, Deptford, and Greenwich.
2. Waterloo Road (Surrey side of Waterloo Bridge) South-Western Railway (and branches)-to Wimbledon, Richmond, Hampton Court, Staines, Windsor, Guildford, Winchester, Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, &c.
3. Pimlico (Victoria): Brighton and South Coast-to Crystal Palace and all stations on the Brighton Railway and its branches-London, Chatham, and Dover (and branches)-to Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Chatham, Canterbury, and Dover.
4. Paddington (Praed Street): The Great Western (and branches)-to Slough, Windsor, Reading, Oxford, Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, &c.
5. Euston Square (New Road): North-Western Rail. way (and branches)-to Bedford, Northampton, Peter. borough, Rugby, Coventry, Leamington, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Lichfield, Crewe, Chester, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Holyhead, Manchester, Preston, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, &c.
6. King's Cross: The GreatNorthern - for Huntingdon, Peterborough, Lincoln, Doncaster, York, &c.
7. Shoreditch: Eastern Counties-to Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds; also for Ware, Hertford, Newmarket, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Norwich, Yarmouth, and Peterborough, Stamford, &c.
8. Fenchurch Street: Blackwall Railway-to Shadwell, Stepney, Limehouse, West India Docks, Poplar; to Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, where most of the steamboats call during the day.
9. The North London Junction Railway extends from the West-India Docks and Blackwall Rail, through Bow, Homerton, Dalston, Islington, Highbury, to Camden Town.
10. The Kew and Hampstead Junction passes by Kentish Town, Hampstead, Edgeware Road, Acton, Hammersmith, to Kew.
11. The Metropolitan or Underground Railway connects Paddington with the City, following nearly the line of the Marylebone and Euston Roads, to the Terminus in Victoria Street.
12. Charing Cross (Hungerford) :- a terminal station for the London and South-Eastern, and London and South-Western, is in course of erection.
    The surest mode of reaching these railways is by omnibuses, which leave, prior to the starting of trains from the respective Termini, as follows:- Gresham Street Office, City; Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street; Cross Keys, Wood Street, Cheapside ; Queen's Hotel, St. Martin's-le-Grand; Bolt and Tun, Fleet Street; White Horse, Fetter Lane; George and Blue Boar, Holborn; Golden Cross, Charing Cross; Spread Eagle, Regent Circus; Green Man and Still, Oxford Street.
    NOTE.-Correct Monthly Lists to all the railways and steam-vessels, giving the hours of starting, fares, &c., may be had at Mr. Cruchley's, Mapseller and Globe Manufacturer, 81 Fleet Street, price 6d. Also all published Guides and Maps for England, Ireland, Scotland, and the Continental Guides, with dictionaries and interpreters in all languages.

Cruchley's London in 1865 : A Handbook for Strangers, 1865

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Railway Stations with the companies to which they belong:
ABBEY WOOD S. Eastern
ACTON Gt. Western
ACTON Midland
ACTON London
ALDERSGATE-ST Metropolit.
ALDGATE District
ALEXANDRA PALACE Gt.Northern
ALEXANDRA PALACE N. London
BAKER-STREET Metropolit.
BALHAM L.B.&S.C.
BALHAM L.& N.W
BARKING Gt. Eastern
BARKING ROAD (Canning-town) Gt.Eastern
BARNES S. Western
BARNET Gt. Northn
BARNET HIGH Gt. Northn
BATTERSEA W.L. Ext.
BATTERSEA PARK S.London
BAYSWATER Metropol.
BERMONDSEY, SOUTH S.London
BETHNAL-GR. JUNC. Gt.Eastern
BISHOPSGATE Metropolit.
BLACKFRIARS District
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE L.C.& D
BLACKHEATH S.Eastern
BLACKHEATH HILL L.C.& D
BOROUGH-ROAD L.C.& D
BOW N.London
BRIXTON L.C.& D
BRIXTON S. London
BROMLEY S.Eastern
BROMLEY L.C.& D
BUCKHURST-HILL Gt. Eastern
BUSHEY L.&N.W
CALEDONIAN-ROAD (Barnsbury) N.London
CAMBERWELL NEW-ROAD L.C.& D
CAMBRIDGE HEATH Gt. Eastern
CAMDEN-ROAD N. London
CANNING-TOWN Gt. Eastern
CANNON-STREET S. Eastern
CANONBURY N.London
CARSHALTON L.B.& S.C.
CHALK FARM N. London
CHALK FARM L. & N.W
CATERHAM S. Eastern
CATERHAM JUNCTION S. Eastern
CHAMPION-HILL S.London
CHARING-CROSS S. Eastern
CHARING-CROSS District
CHEAM L.B. & S.C
CHELSEA W.L Ext.
CHIGWELL-LANE Gt. Eastern
CHILD’S-HILL Midland
CHINGFORD Gt. Eastern
CHISWICK S. Western
CLAPHAM JUNCTION L.B. & S.C.
CLAPHAM JUNCTION L.& N.W.
CLAPHAM JUNCTION S. Western
CLAPHAM ROAD L.C.& D
CLAPTON Gt. Eastern
COLNEY HATCH Gt. Northn
CRAYFORD S.Eastern
CRICKLEWOOD Midland
CROUCH END Gt. Northn
CROYDON (ADDISCOMBE-ROAD) S. Eastern
CROYDON (WEST) L.B & S.C.
CROYDON (EAST) L.B & S.C.
CROYDON (SOUTH) L.B & S.C.
CROYDON (NEW) L.B & S.C.
CRYSTAL PALACE L.B & S.C.
CRYSTAL PALACE L.C. & D
CUSTOM HOUSE Gt. Eastern
DALSTON JUNCTION N. London
DARTFORD S. Eastern
DENMARK-HILL L. C. & D.
DENMARK HILL S. London
DEPTFORD S. Eastern
DEPTFORD ROAD E. London
DUDDING-HILL Midland
DULWICH L.C. & D.
DULWICH NORTH S. London
EALING Gt. Western
EALING DEAN Gt. Western
EARL’S COURT District
EAST END, FINCHLEY.. Gt. Northn.
EASTHAM Gt. Eastern
EASTHAM N. London
EDGWARE Gt. Northn.
EDGWARE ROAD Metropolit.
EDMONTON Gt. Eastern
ELEPHANT & CASTLE L.C. & D.
ELSTREE Midland
ELTHAM S. Eastern
ENFIELD Gt. Eastern
ENFIELD Gt. Northn.
ENFIELD HIGHWAY Gt. Eastern
EPPING Gt. Eastern
EPSOM L.B & S.C.
EPSOM S. Western
EPSOM DOWNS L B&S.C.
ERITH S. Eastern
ESHER S. Western
EUSTON-SQUARE L. & N. W.
EWELL L.B.& S.C.
EWELL S. Western
FARRINDON-ST. Metropolit.
FINCHLEY Gt. Northn.
FINCHLEY N. London
FINCHLEY ROAD N. London
FINCHLEY ROAD Midland
FINSBURY-PARK Gt. Northn.
FINSBURY-PARK N. London
FOREST-GATE Gt. Eastern
FOREST-HILL L.B.& SC.
GIPSY-HILL L.B. & S.C.
GLOUCESTER-ROAD Metropolit.
GOSPEL OAK N. London
GOWER-STREET Metropolit.
GRAVESERD S. Eastern
GRAYS Gt. Eastern
GRAYS N. London
GEEENHITHE S. Eastern
GREENWICH L. & Green.
GROSVENOR-ROAD L.B. & S.C.
HACKNEY N. London
HACKNEY-DOWNS Gt Eastern
HACKNEY WICK (Victoria-park) N. London
HAMMERSMITH Metropolit.
HAMMERSMITH S. Western
HAMMERSMITH Midland
HAMMERSMITH N. London
HAMMERSMITH L. C. & D.
HAMPSTEAD- HEATH N. London
HAMPTON S. Western
HAMPTON COURT S. Western
HAMPTON WICK S. Western
HAMPTON WICK L. C. & D.
HANWELL Gt.Western
HARROW L. &N.W.
HARROW-ROAD Midland
HATFIELD Gt. Northn.
HENDON Midland
HERNE-HILL. L. C. & D.
HIGHBURY N. London
HIGHGATE Gt. Northn.
HIGHGATE-ROAD Midland
HOLBORN-VIADUCT L. C. & D.
HOLLOWAY Gt. Northn.
HOLLOWAY UPPER Midland
HONOR OAK L. C. & D.
HORNSEY-ROAD Midland
HOUNSLOW S.Western
HOUNSLOW L. C. & D.
ILFORD Gt. Eastern
ISLEWORTH (Springgrove) S.Western
ISLINGTON (Highbury) N. London
JUNCTION-ROAD Midland
KENLEY (Caterham Junction) S. Eastern
KENSAL GREEN L.& N. W.
KENSINGTON Metropolit.
KENSINGTON L. & N. W
KENTISH TOWN N. London
KENTISH TOWN Midland
KENTISH TOWN L. & N.W,
KEW-BRIDGE N. London
KEW-BRIDGE S. Western
KEW GARDENS S. Western
KEW GARDENS N. London
KILBURN L.&N.W.
KILBURN N. London
KING’S-CROSS Metropolit.
KING’S-CROSS Gt. Northn.
KINGSTON, NEW S. Western
KINGSTON, NEW L. C. & D.
KINGSTON S. Western
LATIMER-ROAD Metropolit.
LEA-BRIDGE Gt. Eastern
LEATHERHEAD S. Western
LEATHERHEAD L. B. & S. C.
LEE S. Eastern
LEIGH. Gt. Eastern
LEMAN-STEEET Gt. Eastern
LEWISHAM JUNCTION S. Eastern
LEWISHAM ROAD L. C. & D.
LEYTON, LOW Gt. Eastern
LEVTONSTONE Gt. Eastern
LIMEHOUSE Gt. Eastern
LONDON-BRIDGE L.B. & S. C.
LONDON-BRIDGE S. Eastern
LONDON-FIELDS Gt. Eastern
LORDSHIP-LANE L C. & D.
LOUGHTON Gt. Eastern
LOWER NORWOOD L.B.&S. C.
LOWER SYDENHAM S. Eastern
LUDGATE-HILL S. Eastern
LUDGATE-HILL L C. & D.
MALDEN, NEW S. Western
MALDEN, NEW L. C. & D.
MANOR-PARK Gt. Eastern
MANSION HOUSE Metropolit.
MARLBOROUGH - RD., ST. JOHN’S WOOD Metropolit.
MARYLAND-POINT Gt. Eastern
MAZE-HILL S. Eastern
MERTON, LOWER .. L.B & S.C.
MERTON, LOWER L. C.& D.
MERTON, LOWER S. Western
MILL-HILL Midland
MILL-HILL Gt. Northn.
MILLWALL JUNCTIONG Gt. Eastern
MITCHAM L.B.&S.C.
MITCHAM S. Western
MOORGATE-STREET Metropolit.
MUSWELL-HILL Gt.Northn.
NEW-CROSS L.B.&S.C.
NEW-CROSS S. Eastern
NEW CROYDON .. L.B. & S. C
NEW MALDEN .. S. Western
NEW WANDSWORTH (Clapham Jn.) L.B. & S.C.
NEW WANDSWORTH (Clapham Jn.) S. Western
NORBITON S. Western -
NORBURY L.B.& S.C.
NORTHWEALD Gt. Eastern
NORTH WOOLWICH Gt. Eastern
NORWOOD JUNCTION L.B. & S.C.
NORWOOD JUNCTION S. Western
NOTTING-HILL Metropolit.
NOTTING-HILL GATE, Metropolit.
NUNHEAD L. C. & D.
OAKLEIGH-PARK Gt. Northn.
OLD FORD Gt. Eastern
OLD FORD N. London
OLD KENT-ROAD S. London
OLD KENT-ROAD E. London
OLD MALDEN AND WORCESTER-PARK S. Western
ONGAR Gt. Eastern
ORDNANCE FACTORY Gt. Eastern
ORPINGTON S. Eastern
PARK Gt. Eastern
PECKHAM (Qn’s.-rd.) S. London
PECKHAM E. London
PECKHAM-RYE L. C. & D.
PECKHAM-RYE S. London
PECKHAM-RYE E. London
PENGE L.B & S. C.
PENGE L.C.&D.
PINNER L. & N. W.
PLAISTOW Gt. Eastern
PLUMSTEAD S. Eastern
PONDER’S END Gt. Eastern
POPE-STREET (for N. Eltham) S. Eastern
POPLAR N. London
POPLAR Gt. Eastern
PORTLAND-ROAD Metropolit.
POTTER’S BAR Gt. Northn.
PRAED-STREET Metropolit.
PUTNEY S. Western
PUTNEY L.C.&D.
QUEEN’S ROAD (Peckham) S. London
QUEEN’S-RD. (Btsea) S. Western
QUEEN’S-RD (Bayswater) Metropolit.
RAYNE S-PARK S. Western
RICHMOND N. London
RICKMANSWORTH L. & N.W.
ROMFORD Gt. Eastern
ROTHERHITHE E. London
ROYAL OAK Metropolit.
ROYDON Gt. Eastern
ROYDON Midland
RYE-HOUSE Gt. Eastern
ST. ALBANS L. & N.W.
ST. JAMES’S-PARK . District
ST. JOHN’S S. Eastern
ST. JOHN’S-WOOD Metropolit.
ST. MARY-CRAY L. C. & D.
SEVEN SISTERS (Tottenham) Gt. Eastern
SHADWELL Gt. Eastern
SHADWELL E. London
SHAFTESBURY-ROAD S. Western
SHEPHERD’S BUSH . Metropolit.
SHEPHERD’S BUSH S. Western
SHEPHERD’S BUSH L.C.& D.
SHEPPERTON S. Western
SHOREDITCH N. London
SHOREDITCH E. London
SHORTLANDS S. Eastern
SHORTLANDS L.C.& D
SILVER-STREET (Edmonton) Gt. Eastern
SILVERTOWN Gt. Eastern
SLOANE-SQUARE Metropolit.
SNARESBROOK Gt. Eastern
SNOW-HILL L. C. & D.
SOUTHALL Gt. Western
SOUTH BERMONDSEY S. London
SOUTHEND Gt. Eastern
SOUTHGATE Gt. Northn.
SOUTH KENSINGTON District
SPA-ROAD S. Eastern
SPRING-GR (Isleworth) S. Western
STAMFORD-HILL Gt. Eastern
STEPNEY L & Blkwl.
STOCKWELL, NORTH (Clapham) L C. & D.
STOCKWELL, SOUTH (Brixton) S. Western
STRAWBERRY-HILL S. Western
STREATHAM L.B.& S.C.
STREATHAM L.C.&D.
STREATHAM HILL L.B.& S.C.
STREATHAM COMMON L.B. & S.C.
SUDBURY L. & N.W.
SUNBURY S. Western
SURBITON S. Western
SUTTON L.B. & S.C.
SWISS COTTAGE . . Metropolit.
SYDENHAM L.B.& S.C.
SYDENHAM HILL L. C. & D.
SYDENHAM, LOWER S. Eastern
TEDDINGTON . S. Western.
TEMPLE District
THAMES HAVEN Gt. Eastern
THAMES DITTON S. Western
THORNTON-HEATH..L.B. & S.C.
TILBURY Gt. Eastern
TORRINGTON-PARK AND WOODSIDE Gt. Northn.
TOTTENHAM Gt. Eastern
TOTTENHAM SOUTH Midland
TULSE-HILL L.B.& S.C.
TULSE-HILL.. L.C. & D
TURNHAM-GREEN Metropolit.
TURNHAM-GREEN S. Western
TURNHAM-GREEN Midland
TWICKENHAM S. Western
TWICKENHAM L. C. & D
UPPER HOLLOWAY  Midland
UPPER NORWOOD L.B. & S.C.
UPTON-PARK Gt. Eastern
UXBRIDGRE. Gt. Western
UXBRIDGE ROAD Metropolit.
UXBRIDGE ROAD S. Western
VAUXHALL S. Western
VAUXHALL L.& N.W.
VICTORIA L.B. & S.C.
VICTORIA L.C.&D.
VICTORIA District
VICTORIA DOCKS Gt. Eastern
VICTORIA DOCKS N. London
VICTORIA-PARK (for Hackney Wick) N.London
WALTHAM Gt. Eastern
WALTON AND HERSHAM S. Western
WALWORTH-ROAD L. C. & D.
WANDSWORTH S. Western
WANDSWORTH L.C.&-D.
WANDSWORTH-COM. L. B. & S.C
WANDSWORTH-ROAD S. London
WANDSWORTH-ROAD L.C. & D
WAPPING E. London
WARLINGHAM S. Eastern
WATER-LANE (station at Angel-rd.) Gt Eastern
WATERLOO .. . S. Western
WATERLOO JUNC. S. Eastern
WATFORD L.& N.W.
WELSH HARP L & N.W.
WESTBOURNE-PARK Gt. Western
WEST BROMPTON S. Western
WEST BROMPTON L.&N.W.
WEST BROMPTON L. C. & D.
WEST DRAYTON Gt. Western
WEST END (for Kilburn & Hampton) Midland
WEST INDIA DOCKS Gt. Eastern
WESTMINSTER District
WHITECHAPEL E. London
WHITE-HART- LANE (Tottenham) Gt. Eastern
WHITTON (Hounslow) S. Western
WILLESDEN JUNC. L. & N. W
WIMBLEDON S. Western
WIMBLEDON L.B.& S.C.
WINCHMORE-HILL Gt. Northn.
WOODFORD Gt. Eastern
WOOD-GREEN Gt. Northn.
WOODSIDE S. Eastern
WOOD-ST. (Walthamstow) Gt. Eastern
WOOLWICH TOWN Gt. Eastern
WOOLWICH NORTH Gt. Eastern
WOOLWICH ARSENAL  S. Eastern
WOOLWICH DOCKYD. S. Eastern
WORCESTER-PARK.. S. Western
WORMWOOD SCRUBS Metropolit.
YORK-ROAD AND BATTERSEA L.B. & S.C.

Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879

RAILWAYS. The principal London termini are:-
Broad Street ... North London
Cannon Street ... South Eastern
Charing Cross ... South Eastern
Euston Square ... London & North Western
Fenchurch Street ... Tilbury & Southend
Holborn Viaduct ... London, Chatham & Dover
King's Cross ... Great Northern
Liverpool Street ... Great Eastern
London Bridge ... London, Brighton & South Coast
Paddington ... Great Western
St. Pancras ... Midland
St. Paul's ... London, Chatham & Dover
Victoria ... London, Brighton, and South Coast / London, Chatham and Dover
Waterloo ... South Western

Reynolds' Shilling Coloured Map of London, 1895