THE GS TRAM SITE

LONDON

UNITED KINGDOM

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9 June 1940

The London tram and Underground network after virtually all tram routes in North, East and West London were eliminated. The Northern Line underground line was extended to High Barnet on 14 April 1940.

VIDEOS

London old trams video London old trams video London old underground
Above: YouTubeCA video - London trams 1952 - Length: 10:53 mb_regex_set_options. Above: YouTubeCA video - The Last Days of the Old London Trams - Length: 6:48 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - London Underground - Lost Trains - Archive footage - London Transport History - Length: 55:11 mins.

PHOTOS

Old London Feltham tram London Elizabeth Line Old London T-Stock subway train

MAPS

Because of the complexity of the London-area rail transportation system, there are altogether six maps showing the routes:

It is possible to by-pass the maps:

CENTRAL LONDON

London 1940 centre tram map

NORTH LONDON

North London 1940 tram map

EAST LONDON

East London 1940 tram map

SOUTHEAST LONDON

Southeast London 1940 tram map

SOUTH LONDON

South London 1940 tram map

WEST LONDON

West London 1940 tram map

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

AG Aldersgate LB London Bridge
AR Addison Road LBS London Bridge Station
AT Acton Town LR Latimer Road
Aw Aldwych LS Leicester Square
BB Blackfriars Bridge LSS Liverpool Street Station
BF Blackfriars MaH Mansion House
BS Baker Street MLB Marylebone
BSB Battersea Bridge OC Oxford Circus
BSS Broad Street Station OS Old Street
BT Blackwall Tunnel PC Piccadilly Circus
CB Chelsea Bridge SA South Acton
CSS Cannon Street Station SB Shepherd's Bush
CW Camberwell Sd Shoreditch
CX Charing Cross Sf Smithfield
DR Dulwich Road SS Savoy Street
E&C Elephant & Castle SWB Southwark Bridge
ER Edgware Road TB Tower Bridge
FS Fenchurch Street Station TCR Tottenham Court Road
FSS Farringdon Street Station TG Turnham Green
GR Gloucester Road VB Vauxhall Bridge
HE Hop Exchange VE Victoria Embankment
HV Holborn Viaduct Station WB Westminster Bridge
KS Kingsway Subway WCh Whitechapel
LaB Lambeth Bridge WS Waterloo Station


I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.

ROUTES

TRAM ROUTES

Operator: London Passenger Transport Board

  2 Victoria Embankment – [Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle] [back: Westminster Bridge] – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Balham – Tooting – Merton – Wimbledon Station
  4 Victoria Embankment – [ Westminster Bridge] [back: Elephant & Castle – Blackfriars Bridge ] – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Balham – Tooting – Merton – Wimbledon Station
  6 City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – Elephant & Castle – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Balham – Tooting, Amen Corner
  8 Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Stockwell – [Clapham – Balham] [back: Streatham – Brixton] – Tooting
10 City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – Elephant & Castle – Kennington – Brixton – Streatham – Tooting
12 Hop Exchange – Southwark – Lambeth – Vauxhall – Battersea – Wandsworth
16 Victoria Embankment – [Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle] [back: Westminster Bridge] – Kennington – Brixton – Streatham – Norbury – Croydon – Purley
18 Victoria Embankment – [ Westminster Bridge] [back: Elephant & Castle – Blackfriars Bridge ] – Kennington – Brixton – Streatham – Norbury – Croydon – Purley
20 Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Stockwell – [Brixton – Streatham] [back: Balham – Clapham] – Tooting
26 Hop Exchange – Southwark – Blackfriars Bridge – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Vauxhall – Clapham Junction
28 Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Clapham Junction
31 Islington Green – Angel – Bloomsbury – Kingsway Subway – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Vauxhall – Battersea
33 Manor House – Green Lanes – Islington – Angel – Bloomsbury – Kingsway Subway – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Kennington – Brixton – Dulwich Road – West Norwood
34 Chelsea (King's Road) – Battersea Bridge – Battersea – Clapham Junction – Clapham – Stockwell – Brixton – Camberwell – Elephant & Castle – Blackfriars Bridge – Blackfriars
35 Highgate (Archway Tavern) – Holloway – Islington – Angel – Bloomsbury – Kingsway Subway – Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Brockley – Forest Hill
36 Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge [back: Blackfriars Bridge ] – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – New Cross – Greenwich – Woolwich – Plumstead – Abbey Wood
38 Victoria Embankment – Blackfriars Bridge [back: Westminster Bridge] – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – New Cross – Greenwich – Woolwich – Plumstead – Abbey Wood
40 Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Westminster Bridge – Kennington – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Greenwich – Woolwich
42 South Croydon – Croydon – Thornton Heath
44 Woolwich – Eltham Church [Weekdays only]
46 City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – New Cross – Lewisham – Eltham Church – Woolwich
48 City – Southwark Bridge – Southwark – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – West Norwood
54 Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Kennington – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Lewisham – Catford – Downham – Grove Park
56 Victoria Embankment – Blackfriars Bridge [back: Westminster Bridge] – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham Rye
58 Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Kennington – Camberwell – Dulwich – Forest Hill – Catford – Lewisham – Greenwich – Blackwall Tunnel
62 Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Westminster Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Dulwich – Forest Hill [Mondays – Saturdays] [Rush hours and Saturdays: – Catford – Lewisham – Greenwich – Blackwall Tunnel [Weekdays only]
66 Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Brockley – Forest Hill
68 Waterloo Station – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – Bermondsey – Surrey Docks – Greenwich Church
70 London Bridge – Bermondsey – Surrey Docks – Greenwich Church
72 Victoria Embankment (Savoy Street) – Westminster Bridge – Kennington – Camberwell – Peckham – New Cross – Lewisham – Eltham – Woolwich
74 Blackfriars – Blackfriars Bridge – Elephant & Castle – Bricklayers Arms – New Cross – Brockley – Catford – Downham
78 Victoria Station – Vauxhall Bridge – Vauxhall – Stockwell – Brixton – Dulwich Road – West Norwood [Monday to Saturday]
84 Victoria Embankment – Westminster Bridge [back: Blackfriars Bridge] – Elephant & Castle – Camberwell – Peckham Rye

UNDERGROUND ROUTES

Operator: London Passenger Transport Board

Note: The one- or two-letter route designations are strictly local to this site, and have never been used by the operating companies. Branches of individual lines are listed separately.

B Bakerloo Line Elephant & Castle – Waterloo – Charing Cross – Piccadilly Circus – Oxford Circus – Marylebone – Paddington – Maida Vale – Harlesden – Wembley – Harrow & Wealdstone – Watford Junction
B Bakerloo Line Baker Street – South Hampstead – Wembley Park – Stanmore
Ce Central Line Liverpool Street Station – Bank – Holborn – Tottenham Court Road – Oxford Circus – Marble Arch – Notting Hill – Shepherd's Bush – Ealing Broadway
D District Line [Ealing Broadway – Acton Town] / [Richmond] – Turnham Green – Hammersmith – Earl's Court – Gloucester Road – South Kensington – Victoria Station – Embankment – Blackfriars – Aldgate – Whitechapel – Mile End – Barking – Dagenham – Upminster
D District Line [Branch:] Edgware Road – Paddington Station – Notting Hill – High Street Kensington – Earl's Court – Putney – Wimbledon
D District Line [Branch:] Hounslow West – Acton Town
D District Line [Branch:] Acton Town – South Acton
M Metropolitan Line Hammersmith – Shepherd's Bush – Paddington – Edgware – Baker Street – Euston – King's Cross St Pancras – Farringdon Street Station – Moorgate – Liverpool Street Station – Aldgate – Whitechapel – Mile End – Barking
M Metropolitan Line [Branch:] Kensington (Addison Road) – Latimer Road
M Metropolitan Line [Branch:] Baker Street – South Hampstead – Wembley Park – Harrow – Ruislip – Uxbridge
M Metropolitan Line [Branch:] Harrow – Moor Park – Watford / Chesham / Brill / Verney Junction
M Metropolitan Line [Branch:] Shoreditch – Whitechapel – Surrey Docks – New Cross Gate / New Cross
M Metropolitan Line [Branch:] Aldgate – Mansion House
N Northern Line Edgware – Hendon – Golders Green – Hamstead – Camden Town – Euston – Tottenham Court Road – Leicester Square – Charing Cross – Waterloo – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Tooting – Morden
N Northern Line [Branch:] High Barnet – Finchley – Highgate – Archway – Kentish Town – Camden Town
N Northern Line [Branch:] Camden Town – Euston – King's Cross St.Pancras – Angel – Old Street – Moorgate – Bank – Elephant & Castle – Kennington
N Northern Line [Branch:] Moorgate – Finsbury Park
P Piccadilly Line Uxbridge – Ruislip – Sudbury – North Ealing – Acton Town – Turnham Green – Hammersmith – Earl's Court – Gloucester Road – South Kensington – Knightsbridge – Piccadilly Circus – Leicester Square – Holborn – King's Cross St.Pancras – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Wood Green – Southgate – Cockfosters
P Piccadilly Line [Branch:] Hounslow West – Acton Town
P Piccadilly Line [Branch]: Holborn – Aldwych
W&C Waterloo & City Line Waterloo – Bank

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

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Also, thanks to Geoffrey Tribe (from Leighton Buzzard, England) for information obtained through personal communication.


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