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The London Underground - Underground World

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The transport system is today known as the London Underground began in 1863 with the Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway. During the next forty years, the lines of early subsurface extending the center of the capital in the surrounding rural margins, leading to the development of new suburban neighborhoods.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, new technologies, including improvements to electric locomotives and the shield of a tunnel has enabled new entrants to the construction a series of "tips" more subway lines. departing rival firms tube railway began cooperating in advertising and through co-branding, with the consolidation, owned rail lines to London spread across London.

Important Dates of the London Underground

1820

1825

With its patented shield tunnel, Marc Brunel began the construction of the Thames Tunnel under the Thames between Rotherhithe and Wapping. Progress is slow and has arrested several times before the tunnel is completed.

1840

1843 Thames Tunnel opens like a tunnel pedestrian. 1845 Charles Pearson, Solicitor for the City of London, began promoting the idea of a metro to provide passenger and freight in downtown.

1850

1854 Metropolitan Railway (MR) is incorporated and granted powers to build a subway train Paddington to Farringdon. This station 1856 County (RCT) opens a line of Leyton Loughton.

1860

1861 The construction of underground, near Kings Cross station.

1860 Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (A & BR) is established.
1862 Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH & RS) consists of building a railway between Finsbury Park and Edgware. RM 1863 opened the first underground railway in the world. 1864 MR opens the Hammersmith & City trains, first extensions Hammersmith and Kensington Olympia. Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) is formed. MR 1865 is extended to Moorgate. East London Railway (ELR) purchase of Thames Tunnel for the conversion of a railway tunnel. P. extended to Ongar. 1867 EH & LR opens between Finsbury Park and Edgware. RM 1868, opens the Metro station and St John's Wood, north branch of Baker Street to Swiss Cottage, [8], the first section of possible extensions Company in Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. MDR is open between South Kensington and Westminster. The MRI will connect to the MDR South Kensington and both companies operate services through other channels. A & BR opens up between Aylesbury and Verney production. MDR 1869 extends Gloucester Road to West Brompton. ELR opens between Wapping and New Cross Gate. First use of the tunnel for the trains of the Thames. London and South-West roads Railway (L & SWR) opened the channels of the West London Line to Richmond.

Underground Tour 1870, which showed tubular structures with rings cast segmental

Underground Tour 1870 has opened briefly by using a wire prepared for transport prior to conversion to pedestrians. Built with a circular shield tunnel developed by Peter W. Barlow and James Henry Greathead and lined with cast iron segmental rings, the tunnel which passes under the Thames has shown successful new techniques for the construction of tunnels that would be used to build the most subway lines in London later. MDR extends Westminster to Blackfriars. MDR 1871 extends from Blackfriars to Mansion House. Brill Tramway opens between A and BR station Quainton Road and woodwork. Brill Tramway Brill extends to 1872. MDR extends from Earl's Court to Kensington Olympia. Great Northern Railway (GNR) extends E & HLR East Finchley to High Barnet. GNR 1873 EH & LR extends from Highgate to Alexandra Palace. MDR 1874 extends the Earl's Court Hammersmith. City of London Financial Institution Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway to complete the inner circle by connecting the MDR terminal Mansion House to terminal provided at Aldgate MR. MR 1875 is extended to Liverpool Street. MR 1876 is extended to Aldgate. ELR extends from Whitechapel to Shoreditch. MDR extends Hammersmith since 1877 to connect to a steel cable L & Ravenscourt Park. MR MDR and services will begin in the L & CA Richmond. MR 1879 extended to Willesden Green. MR resumed Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway. MDR extends from Turnham Green to Ealing Broadway.

1880

1880 MR extends to Harrow on the Hill. MDR extends from West Brompton to Putney Bridge. MR 1882 runs Aldgate of the Tower of London. MDR 1883 has opened a service over the Great Western Railway (GWR) with Slough Windsor and Eton Central. MDR extends from Acton Town to Hounslow town. 1884 City of London and Southwark Underground established to build a railway from the city of London in Elephant & Castle. MDR extends from Osterley & Spring Grove in Hounslow West. MR and MR connect Mansion House in the Tower of London, completing the inner circle. MR and MR extend to (St Mary Whitechapel Road) and connect to services running ELR in New Cross and New Cross Gate. MDR extends Whitechapel. MR 1885 extends in Pinner. MDR removed Ealing Broadway to Windsor & Eton Central service. MDR 1886 Hounslow Town closed spur. MR 1887 is extended to Rickmansworth. MR 1889 extends to Chesham. MDR is connected to steel cables & The East Putney and Wimbledon begins service.

1890

1890 City and South London electric locomotive and cars.

1890 City of London and Southwark Subway behalf of the city and changes in the south London Railway (C & SLR) and opens between Stockwell and King William Street, the first subway in the world at a deep level and the electric railway. Central London Railway (CLR) to build a railway line built Bank Bush Pastor. RM 1891 is responsible for A & BR between Aylesbury and Verney production. MR 1892 extends Chalfont & Latimer in Aylesbury. Great Northern & City Railway (GN & CR) has granted authority to construct a subway train at Finsbury Park to Moorgate. 1893 Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE & HR) has granted the power to build a railway Component Hampstead tube. Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS & WR) has granted the power to build a railway from Waterloo to Baker Street. Brompton and Piccadilly Circus 1897 Railroad grant powers to build a railway Piccadilly Circus tube South Kensington. MDR obtained powers to build a railway from Gloucester Road underground at the White House to run below the line subsurface. The bomb exploded in a train anarchists MR Barbican, injuring and killing 60. Whitaker Wright in London and Globe Finance Corporation purchases BS & WR. City and Brixton 1898 Railway grant powers to build a railway from King William Street tube to Brixton. Waterloo Railway opens between Waterloo and City Bank. 1899 Great Northern Railway Strand and grant powers to construct a railway to wood green tube Strand. MR services will begin in the Brill Tramway.

1900

"Underground" Brand Underground map from 1908 showing the subway lines reopened central London

1900 C & SLR closed Moorgate King William Street and extends north and south of Clapham Common. CLR is open between the Bank and Shepherd's Bush. Charles Yerkes led consortium resumed CCE & HR. London & Globe Finance Corporation and the collapse BS & Whitaker Wright WR fraudulent concealment of large losses. 1901 extends C & SLR Angel. Yerkes consortium includes MDR Brompton and Piccadilly Circus and Great Northern Railway and Railway Strand Road tube and merged to form the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP and BR). 1902 Yerkes consortium includes BS & WR. Yerkes established the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited (UERL) that the company Holding subway lines under the control of their consortium. MDR extends from Whitechapel to Bromley-by-Bow, and start service there in London and Tilbury Southend Upminster Railway. Edgware & Hampstead Railway incorporated to build a railway from Golders Green to Edgware. 1903 C & SLR, takes the city and path Iron Brixton and allows plans to take effect. MDR extends from Ealing Common to South Harrow. City reopens Hounslow MDR spur. Watford and Edgware Railway incorporated to build a railway from Edgware to Watford. CCE & HR resumes Edgware & Hampstead Railway. Great Eastern Railway opened in Ilford Fairlop Loop Hainult Woodford. GN 1904 CR opens between Finsbury Park and Moorgate. MR opens a branch in Harrow-on-the-Hill to Uxbridge. Whitaker Wright committed suicide by swallowing cyanide after been convicted of fraud. 1905 Central UERL lots of road open to supply electricity to the MDR and the following lines UERL tube. The MR and MR replace most of the steam trains of electricity across the road. MDR is withdrawn from service between East Ham and Upminster. MDR opened a branch in the town of Acton to South Acton. MDR is withdrawn from service between St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) and New Cross. Charles Yerkes dies and is replaced by the President of the UERL by Edgar Speyer. Frank Pick in 1906, later, general manager and vice-chairman of Transport for London, has started work on UERL. MR withdrawn from service between Hammersmith and Richmond. BS & WR Elephant & Castle opened between Baker Street and. Is known as the Bakerloo tube. GNP & BR opens between Finsbury Park and Hammersmith. It is known that the Piccadilly tube. MR withdrawn from service between electrification (Whitechapel Road) and New Cross in waiting for Santa Maria del ELR. In 1907, Albert Stanley, later, president of Transport for London, has started work on UERL. C & SLR extends Euston. CCE & HR opens between Golders Green and Charing Cross Arch. Is known as the Hampstead tube. Piccadilly opened a branch in Holborn to Aldwych. tube Bakerloo extends to Edgware Road. CLR 1908 extends to Wood Lane. MDR restart the service between East Ham and Barking. Companies Underground Railroad Metro began using "mark to market jointly. The first version of the ring between the underground use red disc with a bar Station name of lead is based on a device using the London General Omnibus Company. Hounslow Town closed MDR 1909 revival.

Tube 1910 based the design circles Edward Johnston

Line 1910 extends from the southern district of Harrow to connect to the RM of Rayners Lane service starts and Uxbridge. Travel Service District line begins Upminster Southend-on-Sea .. Separate efforts by the Bakerloo tube, tube and Hampstead Piccadilly companies merge into one company of Railway London Electric (LER). The lines are always identified by individual names. 1911 First use Stairs became Earl's Court. CLR 1912 extends Liverpool Street. LER 1913 bought the C & SLR and CLR. MR takes control of the ELR and the GN & CR. Following the electrification of the ELR, MR restart the service between Saint Mary's (Whitechapel Road) and New Cross. RM starts the service Shoreditch and Whitechapel Surrey Quays to New Cross Gate. Bakerloo tube extends to Paddington. 1914 Hampstead tube extends to Embankment. 1915 Bakerloo tube extends to Willesden Junction. RM begins publication of the Metro-land of his annual guide encourages the use of your line to go to work and recreation. The name becomes synonymous with development in the northwest suburbs of the capital served by the railway. Sir Edgar Speyer resigned as president of tube after the attacks in the press about its origins in Germany. He was replaced by Lord George Hamilton. Edward Johnston Designs 1916 meters "policy is now his name and is used by Transport for London for all purposes related to transportation. Edward Johnston in 1917 re-design and medallion bar away from the disc according to your new font, which makes the disc into a ring. Bakerloo tube 1917 extends to Watford Junction. 1919 Sir Albert Stanley replaces Lord George Hamilton, President of Metro.

1920

CLR 1920 extends Wood Lane Ealing Broadway. 1922 Metro Group Buying and unbuilt rail Watford extend Edgware tube Hampstead Watford. 1923 Hampstead tube extends to Hendon Central. 1924 Hampstead extends to Edgware. C & LRT will connect to Euston Hampstead tube Camden Town. MR 1925 extends from Moor Park to Watford. 1926 Hampstead Embankment Kennington underground and C & SLR extends Morden, completing the integration of the two lines.

55 Broadway, built between 1927 and 1929

1929 Broadway opening 55 as the seat the Metro Group.

1930 Arnos Grove Station Charles Holden designed

MR 1932 extends to Stanmore. Piccadilly line works Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove. Piccadilly line runs the Southern District line Hammersmith Harrow. District line service between Barking and Upminster restart. MR completes the publication of the Metro-land. 1933 extends from Arnos Grove Piccadilly line to Cockfosters. Piccadilly line covers the District line from Acton Town to Hounslow West and Uxbridge South Harrow. online service district withdrawal between Acton Town and Uxbridge. Metro Group and under public control together with the RM Council formation Travellers from London (LPTB). Mr. President Ashfield and Frank Pick, former CEO of Metro Group, who became president and Vice-President LPTB. LPTB publishes the first design of Harry Beck's underground map. 1935 Brill Tramway is closed. LPTB announces a new program of work, a five-year plan to modernize and expand the subway network and take control and electrification of a number of main lines. 1936 closes the Metropolitan Line Aylesbury to Verney Junction. 1937 The combination of Hampstead tube and C & SLR routes changed officially on behalf of the Northern Line and the CLR is renamed the midline. 1938 collision of two trains between Embankment and Temple kills six and injures 45 because a failure to monitor cable signal. 1939 Bakerloo line to Baker Street will Finchley Road and is responsible for the services of the Metropolitan Line to Stanmore. It extends north of the Arc of East Finchley. LPTB suspended most new program to work after the outbreak of the Second World War. District Line service ends travel in Southend-on-Sea.

1940 The Sanctuary of the Blitz in London Station subway

1940 covers the north of the line road EH & LR in High Barnet old. Metropolitan Line Services Out of Latimer Road and Kensington Olympia, after the failure of a pump in Uxbridge Road. Londoners using deep tube platforms as shelters during the bombing of London. Hits by German bombs during this period and passengers killed in Charing Cross hosts (7 deaths), Bounds Green (19 dead), Balham (68 dead), Tottenham Court Road (one death) and Camden Town (one death). 1941 North Line runs on the old EH & RS Road to Mill Hill East. No new tanks filled on Northern Line Aldenham for the construction of Halifax bombers. Plessey tunnels used without opening the center line between Wanstead and Gants Hill as an underground factory. Germany A bomb exploded in the lobby line with the Central Bank, killing 56 people. 1943 panic in the crowd to enter the shelter in the bomb kills closed Bethnal Green Station 173 people crushed to death. 1946 Central line goes from Liverpool Street to Stratford. 1947 Central Line to Stratford is the oldest and P. roads GNR Woodford and Newbury Park North Acton and Greenford on GWR way Lord Ashfield LPTB withdrew. 1948 The government nationalized all transport operations in London and LondonTransport Executive (LTE) LPTB replaced. the center line extends P. Former GNR and ways and Loughton Roding Valley Road and GWR West Ruislip .. 1949 center line extends along the old path p. in Ongar .. Circle line appears on maps as a separate service pipe for the first time.

1950

LTE new leaves works program line extension North Bushey Heath because of the introduction of the Green Belt legislation to prevent development in areas to be treated. Leaves LTE 1953 inauguration of former EH & LR line from Mill Hill East and because of the decline expected number of passengers and lack of funds Edgware. A rear-end collision between two trains on the Central Line between Stratford and Leyton killing 12 passengers. Introduced 1955 Aldenham works opens the review of bus. 1956 Parliament granted permission to build Victoria line. 1957 steam train pulled by the replacement tube shuttle service between Epping and Ongar electric. 1959 road between the south of the District and Acton Acton Town closed.

Unger floor tile design line, In 1960, Hans Blackhorse Victoria Station Road, opened in 1968

1960 The last published map designed by Harry Beck's Underground is released. Electric trains replacing steam pipe towed shuttles between Chalfont & Latimer and Chesham. 1961 Metropolitan line services between Aylesbury and Amersham deleted. 1963 London Transport Board (LTB) replaces LTE. 1964 District Line services withdrawn between Acton Town and Hounslow West. Online Services Northern retirement town between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park to allow tunnels to be reused for the Victoria line. Experiment doors installed automatic ticket at Stamford Brook, Chiswick Park and Ravenscourt Park stations. the world's first automatic train put into service on the line between Hainault and Woodford Central Victoria to test the operating systems line. Victoria line opens 1968 between Walthamstow Central and Warren Street. 1969 extends to the Victoria line Victoria.

1970

1970 Greater London Council (GLC) took management control of the London Transport London Underground control of the Council of meters through a new London Transport Executive (LTE). Victoria Line 1971 extends to Brixton. steam locomotives of the London Underground last removed operational service. 1975 tube accident Moorgate least 43 dead in a south line of the North (Highbury Power) can not stop the train and crashes into the wall of the tunnel. Piccadilly line goes Hounslow West to Hatton Cross. 1976 North Line (Highbury Branch) transfers to British Rail operation. During a bombing campaign against meters, an Army Irish republican (IRA) gunman detonated a bomb in a train, killing the driver and wounding a bystander while trying to escape. 1977 Piccadilly Line extends from Hatton Cross to Terminals 1, 2, 3. 1979 Jubilee Line opened between Baker Street and Charing Cross and takes care of the Bakerloo Line to Stanmore.

1980 London Transport Museum, Covent Garden

1980 London Transport Museum, Covent Garden opens .. GLC 1981 has introduced a tariff policy Just to reduce ticket prices by increasing subsidies on London transport types of premises. Price Policy Fair 1982 ends after the legal challenge of Bromley London Borough Council, which has no metro service. Travelcard this LTE 1983 and the network is divided into five zones. Bakerloo withdraw services between Stonebridge Park and Watford exit. 1984 restarts Bakerloo line services between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. Oxford Circus fire in the belly platform north of Victoria line north and adjacent platform Bakerloo line damage. London Regional Transport (LRT) replaces LTE, eliminating the control Transport in London GLC .. LRA 1985 establishes its wholly owned subsidiary, London Underground Limited, to manage the basement .. Piccadilly line opens the cycle 1986 Heathrow Terminal 4 Heathrow .. 1987 fire at King's Cross killed 31 people during a fire broke out on an escalator at the Piccadilly line. The first lines Docklands Light Railway opened between Tower Gateway, Stratford and Island Gardens.

1990 Canary Wharf Station on the Jubilee Line Extension

1990 Hammersmith & City line appears in the cards independently of the Metropolitan Line for the first time. 1991 Division Travelcard Zone 5 to create a new 6 Travelcard Zone. 1994 Waterloo & City line train transfers to the London Underground property. Aldwych branch of the Piccadilly line closed. the center line Section Epping Ongar farm. 1995 East London line closed for repairs Thames Tunnel. 1998 opened the East London Line. Jubilee line 1999 is Green Park in Stratford. The section of Green Park and Charing Cross was closed.

2000 Oyster

2000

Last service works with a guardrail. Transport for London (TfL), a leader of the Greater London Authority, is responsible for transport in London, the LRA.] London Underground Limited moves to direct supervision by the Ministry of Transportation 2002 Lots Road power station is closed. 2003 TfL takes control of London counters Limited, Ministry of Transport. Oyster smart card ticketing system is in place. Public-private partnership infrastructure companies Metronet and Tube Lines to take responsibility for the maintenance of the subway system. Train operations remain the responsibility of TfL. A train derailed on line Central Chancery Lane, when the engine breaks down a car. After investigations, changes are made to train all the 1992 values. 2005 Suicide bombers detonated bombs on three trains and Metro buses, killing 52 people and injuring over 770. [95] Two weeks later, four other terrorists fail when their bombs did not explode. 2006 Line is closed Whitechapel Shoreditch East London. 2007 East London Line closed completely to join the network London Overground. Metronet goes into administration after the failure of programs to manage and the costs of their projects. TfL takes temporary control. 2008 Piccadilly Line is extended to Terminal 5 at Heathrow. 2009 starts the construction of Crossrail. extends Circle Line to Hammersmith.

2010

2010 The East London Line reopens under the London Overground.

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