Holborn Viaduct Station Act, 1871
WHEREAS the Station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company at Ludgate Hill is used for the through local and suburban traffic of that Company and the London and South-western Railway Company, and also for traffic of the Great Northern and Midland Railway Companies, but is insufficient for the accommodation of such traffic and the requirements of the public, and the said station by reason of the level thereof is not and cannot be made easily accessible from the adjoining thoroughfar...