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Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest offers a wonderful insight into how Victoria started out as two distinct stations. When Jack tells the horrified Lady Bracknell that he was found as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station, he tries to reassure her that it was in the cloakroom of the more respectable Brighton line. Knocking down the dividing wall in 1924 brought the shabby Chatham terminal under the same roof as the Brighton station, but the track layout meant that in practical terms the east-west divide stayed in place. It could even be said that the classier side of the station has switched to Chatham as platform 2 is where passengers board Pullman carriages for a journey to the continent on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
Victoria Station has regular departures to destinations in the South, including Gatwick Airport via the Gatwick Express and the South Coast. Trains to Brighton leave three or four times an hour and take 50-75 minutes. Victoria Tube Station is directly below the main station. |
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Railway Stations Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| Charing Cross Railway Station |
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The Strand,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2
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29 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| Marylebone Railway Station |
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Melcombe Place,
Marylebone,
London,
NW1
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2.06 miles distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Travel Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Travel |
| Victoria Tube |
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Victoria Arcade,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1E
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2 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| Victoria Coach Station |
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164
Buckingham Palace Road,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1W
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6 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Hotels Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Hotels |
| The Grosvenor |
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101
Buckingham Palace Road,
London,
SW1W0SJ
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1 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| London Hotels |
| Hesperia London Victoria |
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Bridge Place,
Victoria,
SW1V
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2 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Local
Event Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Event |
| Pimlico Road Farmers' Market |
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Pimlico Road Farmers' Market,
Orange Square,
SW1W
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11 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| London Event |
| Westminster Abbey Midnight Mass, Christmas Carols & Services |
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Westminster Abbey,
Dean's Yard,
SW1P
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17 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Entertainment Near Victoria Railway Station |
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Sights and Attractions Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Sights and Attractions |
| Westminster Cathedral |
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Victoria Street,
Westminster,
London,
SW1P
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5 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| Neo-Byzantine Roman Catholic Church.
London’s only example of neo-Byzantine architecture and principal Roman Catholic Church, offers a magnificent campanile that emerges 274 feet into the sky. ...More...
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| St Peter's Church, Eaton Square |
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Eaton Square,
Belgravia,
London,
SW1W
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7 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Shopping Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Shopping |
| Cornucopia |
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Upper Tachbrook Street,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1V
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5 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| London Shopping |
| Cardinal Place |
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Victoria Street,
Victoria,
Westminster,
London,
SW1E5JD
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6 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Restaurants Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| Capri Sandwich Bar |
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Belgrave Road,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1V
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3 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| London Restaurants |
| Olivomare |
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Lower Belgrave Street,
Belgravia,
London,
SW1W
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4 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Education Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| Instituto Cervantes London |
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102
Eaton Square,
Belgravia,
London,
SW1W
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8 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| London Education |
| Key Languages |
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16/18
Douglas Street,
Westminster,
London,
SW1P
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13 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Leisure Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Leisure |
| Argonauts |
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Queen Mother Sports Centre,
Vauxhall Bridge Road,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1V
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4 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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| London Leisure |
| Green Park |
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Piccadilly,
Mayfair,
London,
W1J
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14 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Pubs Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| The Orange Public House & Hotel |
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Pimlico Road,
Belgravia,
London,
SW1W
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12 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Nightlife Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Nightlife |
| Pacha |
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Terminus Place,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1V
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2 minutes distance from Victoria Railway Station
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Business Near Victoria Railway Station |
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| London Business |
| The Grosvenor Hotel (formerly Thistle Victoria) |
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Buckingham Palace Road,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1W
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| London Business |
| Abbey Business Centre - Victoria |
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Buckingham Palace Road,
London,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1W
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