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2 days ago · When Greater London was created in 1965 the existing constituencies crossed county boundaries. The constituency review reported in 1969, and was implemented for the February 1974 election. All 92 constituencies were contained within Greater London and each were within a single London borough, with the exception of the City of London and Westminster South.
3 days ago · The Docklands Light Railway ( DLR) is an automated light metro system primarily serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London and providing a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of London. First opened on 31 August 1987, the DLR has been extended multiple times, giving a total route ...
2 days ago · Cities of London and Westminster. Cities of London and Westminster (known as City of London and Westminster South from 1974 to 1997) is a constituency returning a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Parliament. It is a borough constituency for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning ...
5 days ago · King's is ranked in the top 10 universities in the UK (QS World Rankings 2021) and based in the heart of London. With nine faculties, institutes and schools of study and five Medical Research Council centres, King's offers world-class teaching and research.
1 day ago · Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, the team play their home games at Stamford Bridge. [4] The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. It won its first major honour, the League championship, in 1955.
3 days ago · The West Coast Main Line ( WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest mixed-traffic railway routes in Europe, carrying a mixture of intercity rail, regional rail, commuter ...
2 days ago · 360 km/h (225 mph) maximum, 330 km/h (205 mph) routinely [1] High Speed 2 ( HS2) is a high-speed railway which is under construction in England. The route will be between Handsacre, in southern Staffordshire, and London, with a spur to Birmingham. HS2 is to be Britain's second purpose-built high-speed railway after High Speed 1, which connects ...
