SPECIAL TRAINS
TO MEET AIR LINERS. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS PLAN. AIRPORTS TO LONDON. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received August 13, 11.55 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 12. Imperial Airways is to have its own railway terminus in London. It will be alongside the Victoria Station and special trains will run from it directto Croydon and Southampton for passengers on the Empire flying-boat services. Plans for linking the other airports with the London railway terminal are being pushed forward. The Heston airport will be 18 minutes by rail journey from Paddington, and the new aerodrome under construction for the City of London Corporation at Ilford will be within 25 minutes of the City by electric train.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 217, 13 August 1937, Page 7
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116SPECIAL TRAINS Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 217, 13 August 1937, Page 7
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