 The Midland Railway operated a kind of "Super" Outer Circle from to Earl's Court for two years from 1878 to 1880, via the Dudding Hill freight line.On 1 February 1872 the London & North Western Railway (L&NWR) began a railway service between and the District Railway station at Mansion House via the North London Railway, , the West London Railway and Earl's Court, replacing a service that had run along much of the same route to London Victoria.This service became known as the 'outer circle' and was worked with L&NWR locomotives and carriages and there was a train every thirty minutes.