Formed to complete the 'inner circle' of the tube in London. This was effectively the southern section: Mansion House to Earl's Court and beyond. The tunnels were formed using the 'cut and cover' method so it was extremely disruptive. Known as the 'Metropolitan District Railway' until 1871. Other sections and extensions were added over the years. 1933 amalgamated with other London transport services to form the London Passenger Transport Board which would go on to become today's Transport for London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
District Railway / Metropolitan District Railway
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Bow Road Underground Station
Underground Heritage Information Bow Road Station Listed as a building of nat...
Chiswick Park Station
Love all the architectural terms. We had to look up passimeter and it's roug...
St John the Baptist upon Walbrook - monument
An unusual and unsuccessful siting of a three-dimensional monument. One face ...
Sudbury Town Station
Sudbury Town is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Pi...
Thomas Auton
Metropolitan District Railway Company This stone was laid on 24th September ...
Other Subjects
Bank underground station
London Underground station. It has a very complicated layout with many exits/entrances. It is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines, as well as the Docklands Light Railway. ...
1 memorial
Dick Whitwell
A lifelong professional railwayman who within the Thameslink project team helped transform rail travel through the heart of central London.
1 memorial
Docklands Light Railway
An automated light metro system, opened in 1987 and extended four times. 2024: Londonist have an excellent Brief History Of The DLR.
3 memorials
Harold Bride
Born Harold Sidney Bride in Nunhead. He was trained by the Marconi Wireless Company and joined the RMS Titanic as junior wireless operator. After the ship's collision, he remained at his post until...
1 memorial
Leslie Green
Architect. Born Leslie William Green in Maida Vale. In 1903 he was appointed as architect for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) to design stations for three underground rai...
2 memorials
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