Collection GB 0074 ACC/1297/MDR - METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY

2.43 linear metres

GB 0074 ACC/1297/MDR 1864-1934 Collection 2.43 linear metres Metropolitan District Railway

The Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) was formed in 1864 in order to raise capital to complete the 'Inner Circle' railway being constructed by the Metropolitan Railway, who constructed the line between Mansion House and South Kensington via Kings Cross. The MDR completed the section of line between South Kensington and Mansion House via Blackfriars, finishing by 1871. The expectation was that the two companies would merge once work was completed. However, they instead had a falling out over finances (and a personality clash of the two Chairmen) and began to run separate services using the same lines. Some agreement was eventually reached so that the final section of line, between Mansion House and Aldgate, was completed in 1884, thus forming the modern day Circle Line.

In an attempt to improve their finances the MDR embarked on a series of line expansions, to Hammersmith in 1874, Richmond in 1877, Ealing Broadway in 1879, Putney Bridge in 1880, Hounslow in 1883, and Wimbledon in 1889. The Whitechapel to Upminster line extension was opened in 1902. The line was electrified in 1905, following the construction of a power station at Lots Road. The majority of the line cosntructed by the MDR forms the modern London Underground District Line, although some sections of line (Ealing to Uxbridge) are now on the Piccadilly Line. The MDR was purchased by Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited and subsequently became part of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933.

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

Records of the Metropolitan District Railway, including minutes of Board Meetings, General Meetings, the Traffic, Way and Works Committee, the Law, Parliamentary and Lands Committee, Stock Holders Meetings, Executive Officers Meetings and Standing Joint Committee; guard books containing copies of agreements with other railway companies and non-railway companies; volumes of statistics; financial ledgers; volumes of monthly reports; notices issued jointly with Piccadilly Line of London Electric Railway, concerning track and signal alterations and the bringing into use of new lines in connection with the extension of Piccadilly Line trains to Hounslow, South Harrow and Enfield West and Shareholders' Association circulars, newspaper cuttings and so on.

ACC/1297/MDR/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MDR/02: Legal documents; ACC/1297/MDR/03: Miscellaneous documents; ACC/1297/MDR/04: Accounts and Statistics; ACC/1297/MDR/25: Valuation.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

A guard book (former reference ACC/1297/MDR4/15) containing a collection of photographs of stations on the undermentioned railways: Metropolitan District Railway (District Railway); Great Northern Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (Piccadilly Tube); Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (Bakerloo Tube); Charing Cross Euston and Hampstead Railway (Hampstead Tube) has been withdrawn by the depositor. Please consult the London Transport Museum Photograph Section.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2009 to February 2010 Urban transport Organizations Transport organizations Information sources Documents Business records Transport infrastructure Railways Underground railway networks Enterprises Companies Transport companies Public transport Transport Transport planning Urban transport development Company archives Metropolitan District Railway Company London Underground , District Line London Underground , Piccadilly Line London Underground , Circle Line Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd London England UK Western Europe Europe

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

Records of the Metropolitan District Railway, including minutes of Board Meetings, General Meetings, the Traffic, Way and Works Committee, the Law, Parliamentary and Lands Committee, Stock Holders Meetings, Executive Officers Meetings and Standing Joint Committee; guard books containing copies of agreements with other railway companies and non-railway companies; volumes of statistics; financial ledgers; volumes of monthly reports; notices issued jointly with Piccadilly Line of London Electric Railway, concerning track and signal alterations and the bringing into use of new lines in connection with the extension of Piccadilly Line trains to Hounslow, South Harrow and Enfield West and Shareholders' Association circulars, newspaper cuttings and so on.

ACC/1297/MDR/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MDR/02: Legal documents; ACC/1297/MDR/03: Miscellaneous documents; ACC/1297/MDR/04: Accounts and Statistics; ACC/1297/MDR/25: Valuation.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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English

A guard book (former reference ACC/1297/MDR4/15) containing a collection of photographs of stations on the undermentioned railways: Metropolitan District Railway (District Railway); Great Northern Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (Piccadilly Tube); Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (Bakerloo Tube); Charing Cross Euston and Hampstead Railway (Hampstead Tube) has been withdrawn by the depositor. Please consult the London Transport Museum Photograph Section.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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