5 DECEMBER 1863, Page 3

On Thursday the first train passed over the new bridge

at Hungerford into the Charing Cross Station, and it is hoped that the line will be opened to the public by the end of the year. The branch from London Bridge to Cannon Street is also in course of construction, and, when completed, the entire undertaking will have cost little less than 1,0001. per yard. The completion of the remaining bridge and station in Cannon Street will prove a great public benefit, if, as is promised, it reduces the transit between -Charing Cross and the City from half an hour to less than ten minutes.