October 14, 2013 · 4:00 pm
24th May 1862:First journey on the London Underground
“One of several pre-opening trial trips on the Metropolitan Railway, at Edgware Road. The then Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon William Gladstone and his wife, and John Fowler the engineer are among the invited party aboard Smith & Knight’s open wagons. This was a special trial trip in a contractor’s train on the first section of the Metropolitan Railway”
– London Transport Museum
Sources: London Transport Museum / What’s That Picture?
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Tagged as 1862, 24th May 1862, Chancellor of the Exchequer, First journey on the London Underground, John Fowler, locomotive, london, Metropolitan Railway, railway, the met, the Rt Hon William Gladstone
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