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The core section of the District commenced at the MetR's South Kensington station and extended in stages to Mansion House. Sections were opened as follows with the District also running westwards over the MetR's tracks to Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington: * 24 December 1868: South Kensington to Westminster. * 30 May 1870: Westminster to Blackfriars. * 12 April 1869: Gloucester Road to West Brompton (Earl's Court was opened on 10 October 1871). * 3 July 1871: Blackfriars to Mansion House. * Also High Street Kensington to the West Brompton branch.

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  • Metropolitan District Railway
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  • The core section of the District commenced at the MetR's South Kensington station and extended in stages to Mansion House. Sections were opened as follows with the District also running westwards over the MetR's tracks to Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington: * 24 December 1868: South Kensington to Westminster. * 30 May 1870: Westminster to Blackfriars. * 12 April 1869: Gloucester Road to West Brompton (Earl's Court was opened on 10 October 1871). * 3 July 1871: Blackfriars to Mansion House. * Also High Street Kensington to the West Brompton branch.
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  • The core section of the District commenced at the MetR's South Kensington station and extended in stages to Mansion House. Sections were opened as follows with the District also running westwards over the MetR's tracks to Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington: * 24 December 1868: South Kensington to Westminster. * 30 May 1870: Westminster to Blackfriars. * 12 April 1869: Gloucester Road to West Brompton (Earl's Court was opened on 10 October 1871). * 3 July 1871: Blackfriars to Mansion House. * Also High Street Kensington to the West Brompton branch. From this core, the District began extending branches to reach new population centres, mainly in the west: * 1 February 1872: Earl's Court to Addison Road (renamed Kensington (Olympia) in 1946) on the West London Joint Railway. * 9 September 1874: Earl's Court to Hammersmith. * 1 June 1877: Hammersmith to Ravenscourt Park, where a connection was made with the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR), allowing District trains to run over L&SWR tracks to Richmond (The L&SWR branch to Richmond from Addison Road via stations at Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith (Grove Road) had been opened in 1869). * 1 July 1879: Turnham Green - Ealing (now Ealing Broadway). * 1 March 1880: West Brompton to Putney Bridge & Fulham (now Putney Bridge). * 1 March 1883: Ealing Broadway to Windsor via a connection at Ealing Broadway to the Great Western Railway tracks. The service was withdrawn on 30 September 1885. * 1 May 1883: Mill Hill Park (now Acton Town) to Hounslow Town (closed shortly afterwards). * 21 July 1884: Osterley & Spring Grove (now Osterley) to Hounslow Barracks (now Hounslow West). * 6 October 1884: Mansion House to the MetR's Tower Hill. New tracks east of Tower Hill towards St. Mary's (now closed) enabled the District to reach Whitechapel and also connect to the East London Railway. District trains began to run to the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's New Cross (now New Cross Gate) station. The trains used the Thames Tunnel to pass under the river. * 3 June 1889: Putney Bridge to Wimbledon, was opened by the L&SWR with the District having running rights. * 2 June 1902: Whitechapel to Bromley-by-Bow and, via a connection there, on to the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and to Upminster. * 23 June 1903: Ealing Common to Park Royal & Twyford Abbey. * 28 June 1903: Park Royal & Twyford Abbey to South Harrow. * 13 June 1905: Acton Town to South Acton. * 1 March 1910: South Harrow to Rayners Lane where it met the MetR then continued, via MetR tracks, to Uxbridge. This completed the Metropolitan District Railway system.
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