The world's first underground electric railway, the world's first deep tunnel railway, and the first purpose-built railway tunnel under the Thames.
Opened in 1863 the Metropolitan line was actually the world's first underground passenger railway but it was built with the cut-and-cover technique rather than by tunnelling, and the trains were powered by steam rather than clean electricity.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
City and South London Railway
Borough Tube Station This was a station of the City and South London Railway ...
Identical plaques are on both northbound and southbound platforms of the Nort...
Note that part of the Greathead shield used in digging the tunnels at Bank St...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
City and South London Railway
Note that part of the Greathead shield used in digging the tunnels at Bank St...
The first tunnel in the world under a navigable river. Built between 1825 and 1843 using the tunnelling shield technology invented by Marc Brunel. It was originally intended to be used for horse-dr...
Airplane designed and built by Alliott Verdon Roe. The first all-British aircraft, its maiden flight took place on Walthamstow Marshes. The photograph shows Roe standing by the plane. We guess Roe ...
A national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales and Scotland. The force polices more than 10,000 miles of track and more than 3,000 stations and depots - tasked w...
Alan Stanton, suitably impressed with this important plaque, informs that the North South route is now called Watermead Way. Somewhere there must be a plaque commemorating that name change. Please ...
Former railway station. Opened by the East & West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway, which was later renamed the North London Railway (NLR). It was located close to the second Bow Roa...
