Now in its 150th year and transporting over one billion passengers annually, the London Underground has come a long way since the Metropolitan Railway rolled out its first train on January 10, 1853. James Pozzi looks at the differences between past and present, and how the network benefits its manufacturing supply chain.
When the idea for a network railway system linking London together was put forward in Victorian-era Britain, its purpose was to alleviate the increased congestion of the capital city. The Metropolitan Railway opened its first service to the public on 10 January 1863, using steam locomotives hauling wooden carriages. An overwhelming success, it carried 38,000 passengers on…
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