Plaque

Borough Station

Inscription

Borough Tube Station
This was a station of the City and South London Railway that opened in 1890. The line was the world's first underground electric railway, London's first deep tunnel 'tube', and the first purpose-built railway tunnel under the Thames. In 1891 over 5 million passengers used the line. After reconstruction in 1922, the original entrance was relocated to its present corner site. During World War II a tube spur below was used as an air raid shelter for up to 14,000 persons.
Historic Southwark

Site: Borough Station (1 memorial)

SE1, Borough High Street, Borough tube station

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Borough Station

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World War 2

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City and South London Railway / Northern Line

The world's first underground electric railway, the world's first deep tunnel...

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Borough Station

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Southwark Council

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