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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Sep 5 12:16:25 2025 Transport for London's website states:"London Underground's history dates back to 1863 when the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened between Paddington and Farringdon, serving six intermediate stations." Would it be safe to say that this claim can be made primarily because there are underground stations involved? The Cobble Hill tunnel (under Atlantic Ave) in Brooklyn and the Mount Prospect tunnel (under Park Ave) in Manhattan date back to the 1830s/40s, but as far as I can tell nobody was boarding/alighting underground until the Metropolitan Railway started. Still, these tunnels were both built for and used for railways, before 1863. |
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