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Selected pictures

View of Old London Bridge, circa 1632 by Claude de Jongh.

Central London Railway poster, published in 1905.

Vauxhall Bridge across the River Thames opened in 1906 and features sculptures by F. W. Pomeroy.

55 Broadway, headquarters of the UERL and its successors, is a Grade I listed building in Westminster designed by Charles Holden.

London Overground Class 378 train on the East London Line in Hoxton.

Ruislip Lido Railway's 12-inch (300 mm) gauge locomotive "Mad Bess" hauling a passenger train.

Planes waiting at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4.

Victoria line 2009 Stock train at Euston.

Arguably the best-preserved disused station building in London, this is the former Alexandra Palace station on the GNR Highgate branch (closed in 1954). It is now in use as a community centre (CUFOS).

Sailing ships at West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in 1810. The docks opened in 1802 and closed in 1980 and have since been redeveloped as the Canary Wharf development.

The New Routemaster built by Wrightbus has three entrances, two staircases and is designed to be reminiscent of the Routemaster.

Early style tube roundel in mosaic at Maida Vale Underground station.

"Boris Bikes" from the Santander Cycles hire scheme waiting for use at a docking station in Victoria.

The original Hampton Court Bridge in 1753, the first of four on the site.

Archer statue by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley Underground station.

Eurostar Class 373 trains at St Pancras station.

Thames Clippers service catamaran on the River Thames.

TX4 London Taxi at Heathrow Airport.

Qantas Boeing 747-400 about to land at Heathrow Airport, seen beyond the roofs of Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow.

The Circle routes of Victorian London, comprising the Inner Circle, Middle Circle, Outer Circle and Super Outer Circle.

Hornsey Lane Bridge, Archway, more commonly known as "Suicide Bridge".

Tram 2548 calls at Arena tram stop. This is one of the trams on the Tramlink network centred on Croydon in south London.

Duck tour converted DUKW amphibious vehicle exiting the River Thames.

London Underground Battery-electric locomotive L16 designed to operate over tracks where the traction current is turned off for maintenance work.

Day (left) and Night (right) sculptures by Sir Jacob Epstein on the London Underground's headquarters at 55 Broadway.

Clapham Common Underground station north and south-bound platforms on the Northern line.

Tower bridge; a bascule bridge across the River Thames.

Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus, in the West End of London, 1949.

An air raid shelter in a London Underground station during The Blitz.

A Hansom cab at Somerset House.

Rail, road and river traffic, seen from the London Eye.

Original stations on the Metropolitan Railway from The Illustrated London News, 27 December 1862.

Gondolas of the Emirates Air Line cable car cross the River Thames from Greenwich Peninsula to Royal Docks.

The western departures concourse of King's Cross railway station.

Stockwell bus garage, Stockwell, a Grade II* listed building.

Albert Bridge, opened in 1873, crosses the River Thames between Chelsea and Battersea.

Hammersmith Bridge, opened in 1887, crosses the River Thames in west London.

A tram of the London United Tramways at Boston Road, Hanwell, circa 1910.

The south façade of King's Cross railway station London terminus of the East Coast Main Line.

London General Omnibus Company B-type bus B340 built in 1911 by AEC. One of a number of London buses purchased by the British military during World War I, this vehicle was operated on the Western Front.

The newly constructed junction of the Westway (A40) and the West Cross Route (A3220) at White City, circa 1970. Continuation of the West Cross Route northwards under the roundabout was cancelled leaving two short unused stubs for the slip roads that would have been provided for traffic joining or leaving the northern section.

Woolwich Ferry boats "John Burns" and "James Newman" on the River Thames, 2012.

Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel that runs under the River Thames in east London between Rotherhithe and Limehouse.

Helicopter landing at London Heliport, a jetty constructed in the River Thames in Battersea.

London Underground A60 Stock (left) and 1938 Stock (right) trains showing the difference in the sizes of the two types of rolling stock operated on the system. A60 stock trains operated on the surface and sub-surface sections of the Metropolitan line from 1961 to 2012 and 1938 Stock operated on various deep level tube lines from 1938 to 1988.

The multi-level junction between the M23 and M25 motorways near Merstham in Surrey. The M23 passes over the M25 with bridges carrying interchange slip roads for the two motorways in between.

Escalators at Westminster Underground station descend between beams and columns of the station box to reach the deep-level Jubilee line platforms.

Camden Lock or Hampstead Road Lock in Camden Town, north London is the only twin lock on the Regents Canal.

Preserved AEC Routemaster coaches in London Transport Green Line livery.