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общая лексика
Столичная районная линия (бывшая частная железная дорога, обслуживающая южные и восточные районы Лондона и его предместья. Была открыта в 1864; в наст. вр. входит в сеть лондонского метро, гл. обр. как наземная линия, под названием Районная линия [District Line])
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общая лексика
Окружная железная дорога
электрическая железная дорога, соединяющая Лондон с пригородами
синоним
The Metropolitan District Railway, also known as the District Railway, was a passenger railway that served London from 1868 to 1933. Established in 1864 to complete an "inner circle" of lines connecting railway termini in London, the first part of the line opened using gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives. The Metropolitan Railway operated all services until the District Railway introduced its own trains in 1871. The railway was soon extended westwards through Earl's Court to Fulham, Richmond, Ealing and Hounslow. After completing the inner circle and reaching Whitechapel in 1884, it was extended to Upminster in Essex in 1902.
To finance electrification at the beginning of the 20th century, American financier Charles Yerkes took it over and made it part of his Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) group. Electric propulsion was introduced in 1905, and by the end of the year electric multiple units operated all of the services. On 1 July 1933, the District Railway and the other UERL railways were merged with the Metropolitan Railway and the capital's tramway and bus operators to form the London Passenger Transport Board.
Today, former District Railway tracks and stations are used by the London Underground's District, Piccadilly and Circle lines.