Built by digging a long trench, laying track and covering it over again, the line made use of steam trains to carry passengers under central London. Map of the Metropolitan Railway in 1865 (Image: TfL ...

The Hammersmith & City line was largely built on a viaduct across fields in west London, also using the “cut and cover” tunnels of ...

bringing all lines apart from the Metropolitan Railway under one umbrella. 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, ...

From London all the way to Istanbul, Europe could soon be efficiently connected thanks to futuristic plans to transform the ...

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 ...

The rail tunnel between Blackheath and Charlton is to close for ten weeks later this year as Network Rail carries out a ...

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 ...