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401:Norwood Junction (1891)
121:Signal passed at danger
481:Wembley Central (1984)
215:. The Railways Archive
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411:Battersea Park (1937)
111:South Eastern Railway
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451:Dagenham East (1958)
426:South Croydon (1947)
911:Wennington Junction
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456:Hither Green (1967)
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575:Before 1850
569:, 1815–1899
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52:Coordinates
1104:Categories
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312:London, UK
308:(12 March)
188:References
181:Blackheath
127:Statistics
61:51°27′54″N
1091:1900–1999
1039:Menheniot
1033:Penistone
1021:Menheniot
947:Penistone
938:Hexthorpe
932:Penistone
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953:Armagh
873:Heeley
837:Thorpe
789:Newark
727:Rednal
606:Howden
600:Harrow
170:Strood
140:Deaths
132:Trains
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