Why is the London Underground So Confusing? Part 3
Anyway, with Watkin and Forbes going every which way but round, by the 1880s the government was getting frustrated with the lack of a Circle Line, so a…
Why the Underground is so confusing, what is behind its disused stations, and how London’s railways ended up the shape they are.
Anyway, with Watkin and Forbes going every which way but round, by the 1880s the government was getting frustrated with the lack of a Circle Line, so a…
Meanwhile, Edward Watkin was industriously creating new branch lines of his railway, going west and north. Since they used the same trains, his intention was to link his…
Love it or loathe it, the underground is a huge part of the London experience, for locals and visitors alike. People new to the city often find it…
Post Date: 1st December 2013 Author: Matt Gedge On 30th November 1907 the Strand Underground station opened. 87 years later it closed. Today we know it as Aldwych,…
Author: Matt Gedge Post Date: Sunday 13th January 2013 Its incredible to think the early underground trains were steam trains. To mark the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan…
