CityRailTransit
Timeline of the London Underground > 1837 - 1879

Metro

20-07-1837: London-Birmingham Railway (Bakerloo) > Queen's Park (not yet opened) - Harrow & Wealdstone - Bushey (not yet opened) (20.22 km)
04-06-1838: Great Western Railway (District) > Ealing Broadway (not yet opened) - Slough (not yet opened) (20.52 km)
04-06-1938: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Paddington - Westbourne Park (not yet opened) (1.61 km)
01-12-1838: Great Western Railway (District) > Ealing Broadway and Hanwell stations added
01-05-1839: Great Western Railway (District) > Southall station added
01-06-1840: Great Western Railway (District) > Slough station added
01-12-1841: London-Birmingham Railway (Bakerloo) > Bushey station added
__-__-1842: London-Birmingham Railway (Bakerloo) > Wembley Central station added
__-__-1844: London-Birmingham Railway (Bakerloo) > Hatch End station added
27-05-1844: West London Railway (Hammersmith & City) > Uxbridge Road (not yet opened) - Kensington (Olympia) (0.94 km)
30-11-1844: West London Railway (Hammersmith & City) > Uxbridge Road (not yet opened) - Kensington (Olympia) (0.94 km) closed

__-__-1845: Great Western Railway (District) > Langley station added
14-06-1847: North Woolwich Railway (Jubilee) > [North Woolwich Junction] - Canning Town
08-10-1849: Great Western Railway (District) > Slough - Windsor & Eton Central (4.49 km)
16-10-1854: Great Eastern Railway (Jubilee) > [North Woolwich Junction] - Stradford
22-08-1856: Eastern Counties Railway (Central) > Leyton - Loughton (10.44 km)
31-03-1858: London, Tilbury & Southend Railway (District/Hammersmith & City) > Bromley-by-Bow - Barking (7.03 km)
05-05-1858: London-Birmingham Railway (Bakerloo) > Bushey - Watford Junction (2.95 km)
01-10-1862: London & South Western Railway (Bakerloo) > Watford High Street - Watford Junction (1.36 km)
10-01-1863: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/District/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan) > Paddington - Farringdon (5.91 km)
01-05-1864: Great Western Railway (District) > Hayes & Harlington station added
13-06-1864: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Westbourne Park (not yet opened) - Hammersmith (3.85 km)
01-07-1864: Metropolitan Railway (Hammersmith & City) > Latimer Road (not yet opened) - Kensington (Olympia) (1.65 km)
24-06-1865: Eastern Counties Railway (Central) > Loughton (station moved) - Ongar (17.77 km)
23-12-1865: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan) > Farringdon - Moorgate (1.65 km)
01-02-1866: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Westbourne Park station added
01-09-1866: London-Birmingham Railway (Bakerloo) > Willesden Junction station added
22-08-1867: Great Northern Railway (Northern) > (Finsbury Park) - East Finchley - Mill Hill East - (Edgware) (14.17 km)
01-12-1868: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Hammersmith station moved
16-12-1868: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Latimer Road station added
24-12-1868: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/District) > Gloucester Road - Westminster (4.48 km)
01-01-1869: London Soutn Western Railway (District) > [Studland Road Junction] - Richmond (7.94 km)
12-04-1869: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Gloucester Road - West Brompton (1.51 km)
31-10-1869: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Shepherd's Bush station closed
01-11-1869: Metropolitan Railway (Hammersmith & City) > Uxbridge Road station added
07-12-1869: London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (East London) > New Cross - Wapping (3.37 km)
30-05-1870: Metropolitan District Railway (Circle/District) > Westminster - Blackfriars (2.15 km)
01-03-1871: Great Western Railway (District) > West Ealing station added
13-03-1871: London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (East London) > Surrey Quays - Old Kent Road (1.42 km)
01-04-1871: Wotton Tramway (Metropolitan) > Quainton Road (not yet opened) - Wotton (not yet opened) (5.91 km)
03-07-1871: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Earl's Court (not yet opened) - [Circle/District Junction before High Street Kensington] (0.93 km)
03-07-1871: Metropolitan District Railway (Circle/District) >  Blackfriars - Mansion House (0.60 km)
10-07-1871: Metropolitan District Railway (Circle/District) > South Kensington station added
19-08-1871: Wotton Tramway (Metropolitan) > Wotton (not yet opened) - Wood Siding (not yet opened)
30-10-1871: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Earl's Court station added
30-10-1871: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Royal Oak station added
01-11-1871: Great Western Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City) > Westbourne Park station moved
__-11-1871: Wotton Tramway (Metropolitan) > Wood Siding - [0.40 km before Brill]
__-01-1872: Wotton Tramway (Metropolitan) > Quainton Road, Waddesdon Road, Wescott and Wotton stations added
01-02-1872: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Earl's Court - Kensington (Olympia) (1.54 km)
01-04-1872: Great Northern Railway (Northern) > Finchley Central - High Barnet (5.73 km)
__-04-1872: Wotton Tramway (Metropolitan) > [0.40 km before Brill] - Brill
01-08-1872: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/District/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan) > Moorgate - Mansion House (2.44 km)
01-04-1873: London South Western Railway (District) > Ravenscourt Park station added
24-05-1873: Muswell Hill Railway (Northern) > Highgate - Alexandra Palace (2.22 km)
01-08-1873: Muswell Hill Railway (Northern) > Highgate - Alexandra Palace (2.22 km) closed
02-02-1874: Great Western Railway (East London) > Bishopsgate - Liverpool Street (0.68 km)
09-09-1874: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Earl's Court - Hammersmith (2.24 km)
01-02-1875: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan) > Moorgate - Liverpool Street (0.52 km)
01-05-1875: Mushwell Hill Railway (Northern) > Highgate - Alexandra Palace (2.22 km) reopened
11-07-1875: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan) > Moorgate - Liverpool Street (0.52 km) closed
12-07-1875: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan) > Moorgate - Liverpool Street (0.52 km) reopened
10-04-1876: London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (East London) > Wapping - Liverpool Street (3.66 km)
01-07-1876: London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (East London) > Surrey Quays - New Cross Gate (0.61 km)
31-10-1876: London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (East London) > Surrey Quays - New Cross (0.88 km) closed

18-11-1876: Metropolitan Railway (Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan) > Liverpool Street - Aldgate (0.62 km)
01-06-1877: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Hammersmith - Richmond (7.65 km)
17-09-1877: London, Tilbury & Southend Railway (District/Hammersmith & City) > Upton Park station added
01-10-1877: Metropolitan Railway (District/Hammersmith & City) > Shepherd's Bush - Richmond (7.63 km)
01-02-1878: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Earl's Court station moved
02-06-1879: London-Birmingham Railway (Bakerloo) > Queen's Park station added
30-06-1879: Metropolitan Railway (Metropolitan) > Swiss Cottage - West Hampstead (1.16 km)
30-06-1879: Metropolitan Railway (Jubilee) > Finchley Road - West Hampstead (0.61 km)
01-07-1879: Metropolitan District Railway (District) > Turham Green - Ealing Broadway (4.80 km)
24-11-1879: Metropolitan Railway (Metropolitan) > West Hampstead - Willesden Green (2.28 km)





 


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