Art Deco style purpose-built coach station, the largest in Britain. Opened by London Coastal Coaches, an association of coach operators. Architects were Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. Ian Visits gives more information.
The photo shows the station in 1956.
2019: Plans to move Victoria Coach Station are dropped, for now.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Victoria Coach Station
Ian Visits gave us the precise date that this station was opened: 10 March 1932.
The photo shows Ernie with his wife Lily on their wedding day before he went to war. He was captured in Singapore in 1942. From the Picture source: "Mr Neighbour grew up in the Caledonian Road area...
A lifelong professional railwayman who within the Thameslink project team helped transform rail travel through the heart of central London.
From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in g...
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
Four stone bridges have spanned the Thames at this point. The first was built in about 1210 and lasted right through the medieval period. This was the one that had the spikes and is shown in some d...
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