Picture source: London Remembers
This was the world's first underground passenger railway which opened from Paddington to Farringdon via Baker Street Station on 10th January 1863.
IanVisits has reproduced an Illustrated London News report on the construction of this line. Our picture is a detail off the Company's 1912 HQ in Allsop Place NW1.
Londonist have published a great piece on this historic infrastructure - they've even nailed the first piece of rude underground graffiti.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Metropolitan Railway Company
The walls of both platforms are adorned with information boards giving the hi...
Made of Carrara marble. The list of names is contained within an arch compose...
London's roads were heavily congested, the railways stopped on the fringes of...
Metropolitan Railway The world's first underground railway opened from Paddin...
Great Portland Street is a London Underground station on the Circle, Hammers...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Metropolitan Railway Company
This plaque is somewhat reticent about its function which is to commemorate t...
Made of Carrara marble. The list of names is contained within an arch compose...
Architect. He designed a number of stations on the London Underground system, including the stations on the Edgware extension of the Northern Line, as well as train depots and bus and trolleybus ga...
Affectionately known as lollipop ladies and men (because of the shape of the signs they use to stop traffic), they first appeared in London in order to relieve the police of the duties of supervisi...
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 actuall...
Formed by the amalgamation of the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. In 1922 merged with other companies to form the London, Midland an...
Art Deco style purpose-built coach station, the largest in Britain. Opened by London Coastal Coaches, an association of coach operators. Architects were Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. Ian Visits g...