Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway

c. cxviii), on 23 July to build a railway line connecting the existing London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) terminus in Battersea to a new terminal at London Victoria station in Westminster.The railway was originally created to provide a West End of London terminus for the LB&SCR and three British railways which already had access to, or were planning to use the misnamed ‘Pimlico’ station of the LB&SCR, (which was actually sited in Battersea).It was empowered to make agreements with the LC&DR and GWR, for these two companies to pay an agreed rent in perpetuity.[2] The line was completed and the LB&SCR side of Victoria station opened in the basin of the Grosvenor Canal on 1 October 1860,[3] and leased to the LB&SCR which company had also promoted a bill enabling it to amalgamate with the VS&PR.[4] An agreement was made to widen the lines and bridges to separate the two main users, which was completed in 1862/3.
Parliament of the United KingdomLong titleCitation21 & 22 Vict.Royal assentact of ParliamentLondon, Brighton and South Coast RailwayBatterseaLondon Victoria stationWestminsterGrosvenor BridgeSouth Eastern RailwayRailways Act 1921Big FourWest End of London‘Pimlico’Great Western RailwayLondon and North Western RailwayEast Kent RailwayLondon Chatham and Dover Railway22 & 23 Vict.24 & 25 Vict.26 & 27 Vict.Grosvenor CanalSouthern Railway