London Underground

public rapid transit system in London, UK

6 dated entries naming London Underground, drawn from 6 separate years between 1863 CE and 1987 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

1863January 10 – The first section of the London Underground Railway (Paddington to Farringdon Street) opens officially. This is the world’s first ever underground railway.source
1883October 30 – Two Clan na Gael dynamite bombs explode in the London Underground, injuring several people. The next day, British Home Secretary Vernon Harcourt drafts 300 policemen to guard the underground, and introduces the Explosives Bill.source

20th century

1906December 15 – The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.source
1907June 22 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.source
1940October 14 – WWII: At least 66 people are killed when a Luftwaffe bomb penetrates Balham station on the London Underground which is in use as an air-raid shelter during The Blitz on England.source
1987November 18 – The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.source

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