Picture No | 12587182 |
Date | 1863 |
Description | First underground train, Edgware Road to Kings Cross, London |
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WorldÆs 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.
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Source | Illustration after an old print in 'The Story of the British People in Pictures, Odhams Press', page 327 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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