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Metropolitan Railway

Great Britain · Economy / Transport. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1863Date range
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Chronological records

1863

John Fowler10 January 1863

London · Economy / Transport

Fowler helps open the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway.

Names involved

John Fowler

Provenance

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