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Line(s) |
Event |
1870-05-30 |
District, now also Circle |
Extended the line from Westminster Bridge (now Westminster) to Blackfriars via Charing Cross (now Embankment) and The Temple (now Temple). |
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1870-07-?? |
District, now Circle |
Built their own set of tracks between Kensington (High Street) (now High Street Kensington) and Brompton (Gloucester Road) (now Gloucester Road), without agreement with Metropolitan or parliamentary authority. The tracks were used briefly during the summer 1871. See also 1871-07-03. |
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District, now also Circle |
Opened their own set of tracks parallell to Metropolitan's between South Kensington and Brompton (Gloucester Road) (now Gloucester Road), due to disputes between the companies. See also 1871-07-10 |
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1870-08-02 |
None |
Peter Barlow with the engineer James Henry Greathead built a tunnel from Tower Hill to Vine Lane (off Tooley Street), called Tower Subway. The tunnel was just over 6 feet in diameter. It opened in 1870 with steam operated lifts and a 12-seat carriage was wound from end to end by wire rope. A steam engine operated the rope and carriage. Steam engines also worked the lifts. This was the very first tube railway in the world, but it was not electric and not successful. Breakdowns were frequent and the tunnel was converted to a foot tunnel with stairs after just 3 months. It was closed in 1894 when openening of the nearby Tower Bridge made the tunnel redundant. The tunnel now holds water mains. |
1871-07-03 |
District |
Opened a branch from West Brompton to Kensington (High Street) (now High Street Kensington), using separate platforms at the latter station.. The track diverged on the site of Earl's Court station, to be opened 1871-10-30. |
1871-07-03 |
District, now also Circle |
The line was extended from Blackfriars to Mansion House. |
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District |
Opened their own station at South Kensington, adjacent to Metropolitan's station, due to disputes between the companies. The flat junction between the two sets of tracks moved from west side of South Kensington to the east side. See also 1870-08-01. Piers Connor claims in his book "Going Green" that this event occured 1871-07-03. |
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District |
Earl's Court station opened between West Brompton, Kensington (High Street) (now High Street Kensington) and Brompton (Gloucester Road) (now Gloucester Road). |
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1871-10-30 |
Hammersmith & City Railway, later Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City |
Royal Oak station opened between Paddington and Westbourne Park. |
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1871-10-31 |
Hammersmith & City Railway, later Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City |
Westbourne Park station closed. A new station with the same named opened the next day slightly to the northeast. |
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1874-09-09 |
District |
Opened a branch from Earl's Court via North End (Fulham) (now West Kensington) to Hammersmith (not the same as Metropolitan's station with the same name). |
1875-02-01 |
Metropolitan, most of the extension now also Cirle and Hammersmith & City |
Opened an extension from Moorgate (then Moorgate Street) to Liverpool Street, right into the main line station. |
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1875-07-11 |
Metropolitan |
Ceased running into Liverpool street main line station. See also 1875-07-12. |
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Metropolitan |
Open their own station at Liverpool Street, then called Bishopsgate. |
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1875-12-30 |
District |
Earl's Court station was destroyed by a fire. The station remained open until a new station opened 1878-02-01. |
1876-11-18 |
Metropolitan, now also Circle |
Opened an extension from Bishopsgate (now Liverpool Street) to Aldgate. |
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1877-03-01 |
District |
North End (Fulham) station renamed to West Kensington. |
1877-06-01 |
District |
Extended the line west of Hammersmith to connect with the L&SWR tracks from Hammersmith (Grove Road) to Richmond, serving Ravenscourt Park (then Shaftesbury Road), Turnham Green, Gunnersbury and Kew Gardens. |
1877-10-01 |
Metropolitan, now partly closed the rest is served by District Line |
Opened a branch from Shepherd's Bush via Hammersmith (Grove Road) on L&SWR tracks to Richmond, serving Ravenscourt Park (then Shaftesbury Road), Turnham Green, Gunnersbury and Kew Gardens. The viaduct used by this service can still be seen from a Dictrict or Piccadilly train west of Hammersmith. |
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1878-??-?? |
Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City |
Until now the trains between Paddington (Bishop's Road) (now Paddington) and Hammersmith had crossed the GWR mail line tracks from Paddington on the level. A diveunder opened this year between Royal Oak and Westbourne Park. |
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1878-01-31 |
District |
Earl's Court station closed. A new station with the same name opened nearby 1878-02-01. |
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District |
Earl's Court station opened on a new, larger site, slightly west of the previous station. |
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1879-06-30 |
Metropolitan |
Opened extension from Swiss Cottage to West Hampstead via Finchley Road. |
1879-07-01 |
District |
Opened a branch from Turnham Green to Ealing Broadway, serving Acton Green (now Chiswick Park), Mill Hill Park (now Acton Town) and Ealing Common. |
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1879-11-24 |
Metropolitan |
Opened extension from West Hampstead to Willesden Green via Kilburn (then Kilburn & Brondesbury) |
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