Built by digging a long trench, laying track and covering it over again, the line made use of steam trains to carry ...

London’s Tube is the oldest underground railway in the world, with the first trains travelling between Paddington and Farringdon in 1863. The Metropolitan line was the Underground’s first route to ...

The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world - here's a brief history of the route in four forgotten historic maps.

Find it where Lewisham Way crosses over the rail line. Help us map the ... We'd also welcome images of bookswaps, to help update the map. Sadly, London Underground have now decided (March 2025 ...

This paved the way for the first London Tube map as we know it to be produced in 1908. The map included the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway – now the Piccadilly line – which ...

For now, though – here’s a brief history of the entire London Underground told through ten maps. Opened in 1863, the initial Metropolitan Railway route ran between Paddington and Farringdon, but was ...