The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-02 00:00:00

13. THE LONDON RAILWAY.

Mr. James Clephan has submitted to us the genera,
outline of the London Railway, the object of which is
stated to be to form a connexion with all the existing
termini in the vicinity of the metropolis, going partly
through the town, and principally constructed on a
viaduct.
Mr. Clephan describes the line as follows :—Starting
from Rlackfriars-road, it is proposed to cross Waterloo-
bridge and the Straiad, and to pass up Bow-street into
Tottenham-court-rcad ; thence a branch would puss
along Paddington-street, and Crawford-street, to the
Great Western Railway and parsuing a course to the
New-road, the line would skirt the reservoir in the
Hampstead-road, and join the Birmingham Railway, at
Euston-square. Proceeding still further eastward, the
line would pass through Sorner's- town, and join the
New-road at Pontonville. At King's-cross it would be
connected with the London and York line, if that rail.
way should be made. From King's-cross, the line would
proceed down the City-road, and take such a direction
as to join the Eastern Counties Railway. From Shore-
ditch it would pass through St. Mary Axe and Lime-
street into King William street, which it would cross,
as well as Thames-street and Southwark-bridge ; and
from the south side of the bridge the line would curve
into Union-street, aed continue on until it reached
Blackfriars-road, at the point from which it started.
Mr. Clephan also stated that, from Fenchurch-street
there would be a branch to the London and St. Cathe-
rine's Docks, and that from Union-street there would be
a branch to the Greenwich and Brighton Station at
London-bridge ; and that there would be likewise a
branch to join the South-Western Railway.

It appears that this scheme is estimated to require a
capital of 5,000,0001., of which 3,300,0001. would be
necessary for the purchase of the houses to be removed
by this railway.
Although a company has been formed for this scheme,
no deposits have been made, nor are there any surveys
of the line.

As its projectors contemplate occupying two of the
bridges over the Thames, and passing through the heart
of the metropolis in two directions in a most objection-
able way, we consider this scheme altogether inadmissi-
ble.

4. THE LONDON CONNECTING RAILWAY AND EAILWAI

TRANSIT LINE.

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Commencing at Barking-creek, this line would run
along the north bank of the Thames, to a point in
Woolwich-reach nearly opposite to Bugsby's Marsh,
where a branch would diverge towards a station to be
placed near the north-east angle of the East India Docks,
at which point it would meet a line also starting from Barking-creek, but passing over the levels 200 or 300
yards north of the river. From this point of junction,
the line would pass between Mile-end town and Stratford-
le-Bow, close to the south side of Victoria-park, through
Hackney, above Islington, and through Kentish-town.
From thence it would curve round between Hampstead-
hill and Primrose-hill, continuing the curve so as to pass.
Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith, and Waltham-green,
and -ro,ing the Thames above Battersea. From that
point It would sweep round to form a junction with the
South Western Railway at the Nine-elms station, and
thence proceed to Lambeth, where, opposite the Obelisk,
a grand terminal station will be established for the
Dover, Brighton, and South Western Railways. From
that terminus the line would proceed in a curve towards
l!,tht-Thithe, where it would separate into branches,
,:ach taking the course of the south bank of the river;
one eastward along Greenwich Reach, and the other
westward, intersecting all the bridges from London-
bridge to Vauxhall, and terminating at a station near a