Changing the departure boards at Liverpool Street Station, City of London

Photograph taken 1950 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: cc73/02308

A member of the station staff manually changes the departure information board. Liverpool Street Station opened in 1875 to serve the Great Eastern Railway and still serves the destinations shown here on the boards.

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Greater London City of London

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1950s (1950 - 1959)

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Several steam trains standing at the station platforms, with the Victorian station buildings in the background.Slough Station booking hall, booking office and travel centre were built in 1882. The Great Western Railway from London to Bristol was built in the 1830s and the first Slough Station opened in 1840. The present station is the fifth one and was built when the number of lines was increased.

Changing the departure boards at Liverpool Street Station, City of London

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