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The world's first underground electric railway - Footprints of London
You may recall the fairly recent celebrations for the 150th anniversary of World’s first Underground railway which opened in 1863 and ran from Paddington to Farringdon. But that was a steam railway and it took nearly another 30 years before electricity was used to power trains. Friday 18 December 2015 marks the 125th anniversary of...
Mark Rowland