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The ___MASK93___ to ___MASK76___ Line is a National Rail mainly suburban electric railway line between London ___MASK93___ station and ___MASK76___ railway station , running westwards from Central London to ___MASK76___ , in central Berkshire . Its passenger operation is by South West Trains ( SWT ) which also manage its stations . ___MASK45___ ( or , abbreviated Berks ) is a county in ___MASK27___ ___MASK42___ ___MASK72___ , west of London . It was recognised as the Royal County of ___MASK45___ because of the presence of ___MASK15___ Castle by the Queen in 1957 and letters patent issued in 1974 . ___MASK45___ is a county of historic origin and is a home county , a ceremonial county and a non - metropolitan county without a county council . ___MASK45___ County Council was the main county governance from 1889 to 1998 except for the separately administered County Borough of Reading . The ___MASK6___ and South Western Railway ( LSWR ) was a railway company in ___MASK72___ from 1838 to 1922 . Starting as the ___MASK6___ and Southampton Railway , its network extended from ___MASK6___ to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter , with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth . It also had many routes connecting towns in Hampshire and Berkshire , including Portsmouth and ___MASK76___ . In the grouping of railways in 1923 the LSWR became part of the Southern Railway . An international airport is an airport that offers customs and immigration facilities for passengers travelling between countries . International airports are typically larger than domestic airports and often feature longer runways and facilities to accommodate the heavier aircraft commonly used for international and intercontinental travel . International airports often also host domestic flights . Some , such as ___MASK2___ in ___MASK98___ are very large ; others such as Fa ' a '  International Airport in Tahiti , are quite small . ___MASK33___ Palace is the ___MASK6___ residence and administrative headquarters of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom . Located in the City of Westminster , the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality . It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and mourning . The ___MASK84___ line is a ___MASK6___ Underground service that crosses ___MASK88___ from east to west . From Upminster , the eastern terminus , the line runs through Central ___MASK6___ to Earl ' s Court before dividing into three western branches , to Ealing Broadway , ___MASK65___ and Richmond . There is a short branch that goes from Earl ' s Court to . A branch also runs north from Earl ' s Court to Edgware Road via Paddington . Coloured green on the tube map , the line serves 60 stations in , and with bridges across the Thames on the ___MASK65___ and Richmond branches is the only ___MASK6___ Underground line to cross the river in this way . The track and stations between Barking and Aldgate East are shared with the Hammersmith & City line , and between Tower Hill and Gloucester Road and on the Edgware Road branch with the Circle line . Some of the stations are shared with the Piccadilly line . Unlike ___MASK6___ ' s deep - level tube railways , the railway tunnels are just below the surface , and the trains are of a similar size to those on British main lines . The Tube map is a schematic transport map ___MASK51___ the lines , stations and services ___MASK51___ ___MASK6___ ' s public transport systems , the primary system being ___MASK6___ Underground , known colloquially as " the Tube ", hence the map ' s name . The first schematic Tube map was designed by Harry Beck in 1931 , and it has since been expanded to also include today the Docklands Light Railway , ___MASK6___ Overground , TfL Rail , Tramlink and the Emirates Air Line ___MASK34___ car . The Metropolitan line is a ___MASK6___ Underground line that runs from Aldgate , in the City of ___MASK6___ , to Amersham and ___MASK14___ in Buckinghamshire , with branches to Watford in Hertfordshire , and Uxbridge in the ___MASK6___ Borough of Hillingdon . Coloured magenta ( Pantone 235 ) on the tube map , the line is in length and serves 34 stations . The section between Aldgate and Baker Street is shared with the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines ; that between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge with the Piccadilly line ; and that between Harrow - on - the - Hill and Amersham with Chiltern Railways . Just under 67 million passenger journeys were made on the line in 2011 / 12 . The line is one of only two ___MASK6___ Underground lines to cross the Greater ___MASK6___ boundary , the other being the Central line . Hounslow is the principal town in the ___MASK94___ in Greater London and is part of the historic county of Middlesex . It is a suburban district 10 . 6 miles ( 17 km ) west south - west of Charing Cross . It forms a larger post town in the TW postcode area and is an economic hub within the capital ; it has a large shopping centre which adjoins its high street and a large number of restaurants , cafés and small businesses , many of which are associated with product assembly , marketing , telecommunications and London Heathrow Airport . A minority of its workers are employed in Central London , to which the town is connected by rail and tube . Hounslow is part of the TW3 postcode area , though some areas to the west are in TW4 instead . The population of the town , comprising the Hounslow Central , Hounslow Heath and Hounslow South wards , was 41 , 304 in the 2011 census . ___MASK96___ Circus is a ___MASK56___ junction and public space of London ' s West End in the City of Westminster , built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with ___MASK96___ . In this context , a circus , from the Latin word meaning " circle ", is a round open space at a street junction . ___MASK6___ is the capital and ___MASK69___ populous city of ___MASK72___ and the United Kingdom , as well as the ___MASK69___ populous city proper in the ___MASK62___ . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , ___MASK6___ has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". ___MASK6___ ' s ancient core , the City of ___MASK6___ , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " ___MASK6___ " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , ___MASK79___ , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater ___MASK6___ , governed by the Mayor of ___MASK6___ and the ___MASK6___ Assembly . The ___MASK94___ is a London borough in west London , England , forming part of Outer London . The borough stretches from near Central London in the east to the border with Surrey in the west , covering Chiswick , Brentford , Isleworth and Feltham in addition to Hounslow itself ; it borders the boroughs of Richmond upon Thames , Hammersmith and Fulham , Ealing and Hillingdon , plus the Surrey borough of Spelthorne . Landmarks include Osterley Park , Gunnersbury Park , Syon House , the London Museum of Water & Steam and Chiswick House . The local authority is Hounslow London Borough Council . ___MASK76___ railway station is a major transport hub in ___MASK76___ , England . On the northern edge of the town centre , near the main retail and commercial areas and the River Thames , it is next to a bus interchange served by urban and rural services . ___MASK27___ ___MASK10___ Trains ( SWT ) is a British train operating company owned by ___MASK52___ - based Stagecoach Group , which operates the ___MASK27___ Western franchise for passenger service . ___MASK82___ Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London , England . It was laid out in 1670 and is named after the contemporary ___MASK82___ House , itself named after Robert Sidney , 2nd Earl of ___MASK82___ . Hatton ___MASK32___ is on the Heathrow branch of the ___MASK6___ Underground Piccadilly line . It is in Travelcard Zones 5 and 6 and stands between the Great South West ___MASK56___ ( A30 ) and the Heathrow Airport Southern Perimeter ___MASK56___ . The station , itself in Hillingdon , serves a very small residential community in Hatton , which is in Hounslow . The nearby area is either within the airport or mainly comprises its associated commercial warehousing and light industrial premises . " Hatton ___MASK32___ " refers to the crossroads on the former coaching ___MASK56___ leading ___MASK95___ and is now applied to the overlying major ___MASK56___ intersection immediately southeast of the station . Harrods is a luxury department store located on ___MASK19___ ___MASK56___ in Knightsbridge , London . It is owned by the state of Qatar . The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank , Harrods Estates , Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods , and to Harrods Buenos Aires , sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed , with plans announced to reopen in 2013 . Heathrow Airport is a major international airport in ___MASK6___ , ___MASK72___ . Heathrow is the third busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic ( surpassed by Dubai International in 2014 , and Hong Kong International in 2016 ), as well as the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic , and the sixth busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic . In 2016 , it handled a record 75 . 7 million passengers , a 1 . 0 % increase from 2015 . Covent Garden ( or ) is a ___MASK84___ in ___MASK6___ on the eastern fringes of the West End , between St ___MASK7___ ' s Lane and Drury Lane . It is associated with the former fruit - and - vegetable market in the central square , now a popular shopping and tourist site , and with the Royal Opera House , which is also known as " Covent Garden ". The ___MASK84___ is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre , north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal ' s Yard and Seven Dials , while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the elegant buildings , theatres and entertainment facilities , including the ___MASK6___ Transport Museum and the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane . Bedfont is a suburban ___MASK84___ ___MASK51___ Hounslow in ___MASK10___ ___MASK6___ , 13 miles ( 21 km ) WSW ___MASK51___ Charing Cross and 2 miles ( 3 km ) from Heathrow Airport . It straddles Staines ___MASK56___ ( A305 ) and the River Crane and includes the area informally known as North Feltham and the neighbourhood ___MASK51___ Hatton . Its south - western parks and streets are contiguous with the larger ___MASK84___ ___MASK51___ Feltham , adjoining Feltham railway station on the Waterloo to Reading Line . Bedfont is also served by Hatton Cross tube station on the Piccadilly line . Bedfont has a large central conservation area around Bedfont Green . Feltham railway station is in Feltham , in the ___MASK94___ . It was opened in 1848 by the Windsor Staines and South Western Railway ( later the London and South Western Railway ). It is in Travelcard Zone 6 . A regular bus service runs from Feltham to Heathrow Airport . ___MASK3___ ___MASK6___ is the innermost part of ___MASK6___ , ___MASK72___ . There is no official definition of its area but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment , high land values , an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally , nationally and internationally significant organisations and facilities . Over ___MASK23___ a number of definitions have been used to define the scope of central ___MASK6___ for statistics , urban planning and local government . The ___MASK6___ Underground ( also known simply as the Underground , or by its nickname the Tube ) is a public rapid transit system serving ___MASK88___ and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire , Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom . The Travelcard is an inter - modal travel ticket for unlimited use on the ___MASK6___ Underground , ___MASK6___ Overground , TfL Rail , Docklands Light Railway , Tramlink , ___MASK6___ Buses and National Rail services in the ___MASK88___ area . Travelcards can be purchased for a period of ___MASK23___ varying from one day to a year , from Transport for ___MASK6___ , National Rail and their agents . Depending on where it is purchased , and the length of validity , a Travelcard is either printed on a paper ticket with a magnetic stripe or encoded onto an Oyster card , Transport for ___MASK6___ ' s contactless electronic smart card . The cost of a Travelcard is determined by the area it covers and , for this purpose , ___MASK6___ is divided into a number of fare zones . The Travelcard season ticket for unlimited travel on ___MASK6___ Buses and the ___MASK6___ Underground was launched on 22 May 1983 by ___MASK6___ Transport . One Day Travelcards and validity on other transport modes were added from 1984 onwards . The introduction of the Travelcard caused an increase in patronage and reduced the number of tickets that needed to be purchased by passengers . In Great Britain , National Rail is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group , an unincorporated association whose membership consists ___MASK51___ the passenger train operating companies ( TOCs ) ___MASK51___ Great Britain that run the passenger services previously provided by the British Railways Board , from 1965 using the brand name British Rail . National Rail generally does not include services that do not have a BR history ; this distinction is important because National Rail services share a ticketing structure and inter - availability that do not necessarily extend to other services . The name and the accompanying double arrow symbol are the intellectual property ___MASK51___ the Secretary ___MASK51___ State for Transport . The ___MASK96___ line is a line ___MASK51___ the ___MASK6___ Underground , coloured dark blue on the Tube map . It is the fourth busiest line on the Underground network on the basis ___MASK51___ the number ___MASK51___ passengers transported per year with 210 , 000 , 000 . It is mainly a deep - level line , running from the north to the west ___MASK51___ ___MASK6___ via Zone 1 , with a number ___MASK51___ surface sections , mostly in its westernmost parts . It is named after the ___MASK56___ above it between Hyde Park Corner and ___MASK96___ Circus . Some ___MASK51___ its stations are shared with the District line and some are shared with the Metropolitan line . It is the second longest line on the system , after the Central line , and has the second most stations , after the District line . It serves many ___MASK51___ ___MASK6___ ' s top tourist attractions including Harrods ( Knightsbridge ), Hyde Park , Buckingham Palace ( within walking distance from Green Park ), ___MASK96___ Circus , ___MASK82___ Square and Covent Garden , as well as ___MASK6___ Heathrow Airport , the busiest airport in Europe . The line shares tracks with the Metropolitan line between Uxbridge and Rayners Lane , and with the District line between Hanger Lane Junction and Acton Town , then runs parallel with the District line between Acton Town and Barons Court . Feltham is a suburban town in the ___MASK94___ in west London , England , west of central London and south of Heathrow Airport . It is the site of Feltham Young Offenders ' Institution .