Person    | Male  Born 17/1/1943 

Denis Tunnicliffe

Categories: Transport

Pilot and railwayman. Co-pilot with the former British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and later British Airways. Managing director of London Underground Ltd between 1988 and 1998, and chairman between 1998 and 2000. Created Baron Tunniclffe of Bracknell in 2004.

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Denis Tunnicliffe

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Leicester Square Station control room

Leicester Square Station control room, twinned with Times Square Station New ...

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Dr. Francis Alexander Barton

Dr. Francis Alexander Barton

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Sir Sam Fay

Sir Sam Fay

Railway administrator. Born in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, In 1872 he joined the London and South Western Railway as a clerk, and rose to become the last General Manager of the Great Central Railway...

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Deptford Creek bridge

Deptford Creek bridge

From the magnificent Edith Streets:  The Bridge, with its control tower alongside, was opened in 1954. The first footbridge was built in 1804, and the first road bridge in 1815. The bridge lifts le...

Building, Transport

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King's Cross Station

King's Cross Station

Designed by Lewis Cubitt.  Took the name from the area which had taken it from a statue of Geoge IV that once stood at the junction of Pentonville Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Caledonian ...

Place, Transport

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Nine Elms Motive Power

Nine Elms Motive Power

This depot was responsible for the locomotives working out of Waterloo. Locomotive, carriage and wagon workshops were built in 1839 in Vauxhall at the end of Nine Elms Lane. Rebuilt following an 18...

Group, Engineering, Transport

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