Portal:London transport/Today's Anniversaries
Anniversaries
14 October
1844
– A large fire destroys carriage and engineer sheds and railway works adjacent to
New Cross station
.
1852
–
King's Cross station
opens as the London terminus of the
Great Northern Railway
.
1914
– The
Royal Flying Corp
starts to establish an
aerodrome at Hounslow Heath
.
1940
–
A German bomb
kills 66 when it ruptures a sewer and water main and floods the platform tunnels at
Balham station
.
1940
– A German bomb kills 5 at
Camden Town station
.
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