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 : First underground train, Edgware Road to Kings Cross, London


First underground train, Edgware Road to Kings Cross, London

World's first passenger underground train, running from Edgware Road to Kings Cross, London. Building works on the Metropolitan Line began in 1853, and the first journey took place ten years later

Picture No
12587182
Media ID
47688363
Size
6381px x 3589px (3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration after an old print in The Story of the British People in Pictures, Odhams Press', page 327
Date
1863

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