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Pocket District Railway map Jubilee edition

District Railway and W J Adams And Sons1887

London Transport Museum

London Transport Museum
United Kingdom

Map folds into a buff coloured linen folder, which has a list of stations served by the Metropolitan District Railway on the inside and information about through Tickets, there is an advert for the District Railway on the reverse and illustrations of the British Empire - India, Canada and Africa on the front cover, as well as a portrait of Queen Victoria in honour of her Golden Jubilee, and the District Railway's 'Time Is Money' design. The map itself geographic style railway map on linen and card, issued by the District Railway. The map shows the geographic features of the central London area with the District Railway line overprinted with thick red lines, the Metropolitan Railway overprinted in thin red lines and other railway lines overprinted in blue. Railway company names are printed alongside the lines which they operate, if lines are operated by more than one company the line is printed using two colours, red and blue. On the District Railway the company name is printed in blue and station names are printed in red. Stations are marked as squares and where a station is served by the District or Metropolitan Railways and another railway company, the station is marked by a red and blue square. Extensions on the District Railway are marked by a broken red line as with the extension between Mill Hill Park and South Acton Stations and for the authorised extension between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon.

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