| On this day - 10 Jan 1863 - world's first underground railway from Paddington Posted by grahame at 11:58, 10th January 2024 |      |
From TfL a brief history of the underground
London Underground milestones
1863
On 10 January, The Metropolitan Railway opens the world's first underground railway, between Paddington (then called Bishop's Road) and Farringdon Street
1863
On 10 January, The Metropolitan Railway opens the world's first underground railway, between Paddington (then called Bishop's Road) and Farringdon Street
And from the LT Museum
The early underground was a huge engineering achievement and very well used, but had one big disadvantage: its steam locomotives created a permanent fug in the stations and tunnels. The only surviving steam engine from the 1860s, Metropolitan number 23, is on display in the Museum.
