CityRailTransit
Timeline of the London Underground > 1940 - 1975

Metro

09-01-1940: Bakerloo > Maida Vale station reopened
14-04-1940: Northern > East Finchley - High Barnet (8.63 km)
19-05-1940: Northern > London Bridge - Moorgate (1.51 km) reopened
17-08-1940: Metropolitan > Swiss Cottage station closed
__-09-1940: Northern > Brent Cross - Hendon Central (1.17 km) closed
__-__-1940: Northern > Brent Cross - Hendon Central (1.17 km) reopened
21-09-1940: Piccadilly > Holborn - Aldwych (0.72 km) closed
12-10-1940: District > Earl's Court - Kensington (Olympia) (1.54 km) closed
14-10-1940: Piccadilly > Wood Green - King's Cross St. Pancras (8.35 km) closed
14-10-1940: Northern > Tooting Bec - Clapham South (2.13 km) closed
19-10-1940: Hammersmith & City > Latimer Road - Uxbridge Road (0.71 km) closed
25-10-1940: Waterloo & City Railway (Waterloo & City) > Waterloo - Bank (2.53 km) closed
28-10-1940: Southern Railway (Waterloo & City) > Waterloo - Bank (2.53 km)
05-12-1940: Piccadilly > Wood Green - King's Cross St. Pancras (8.35 km) reopened
07-12-1940: Metropolitan > West Hampstead, Kilburn, Willesden Green, Dollis Hill and Neasden stations closed
09-12-1940: Southern Railway (Waterloo & City) > Waterloo - Bank (2.53 km) closed
12-01-1941: Northern > Tooting Bec - Clapham South (2.13 km) reopened
16-01-1941: Bakerloo > Elephant & Castle - Waterloo (1.70 km) closed
19-01-1941: Great Northern Railway (Northern) > Highgate station added
02-03-1941: London North Eastern Railway (Northern) > Highgate - East Finchley (1.77 km)
03-03-1941: Southern Railway (Waterloo & City) > Waterloo - Bank (2.53 km) reopened
09-03-1941: Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan > King's Cross St. Pancras Thameslink station closed
14-03-1941: Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan > King's Cross St. Pancras station added
__-04-1941: Bakerloo > Elephant & Castle - Waterloo (1.70 km) reopened
10-05-1941: Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan > Baker Street - Farringdon (4.25 km) closed
18-05-1941: Northern > Finchley Central - Mill Hill East (1.00 km)
21-07-1941: Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan > Baker Street - Euston Square (2.27 km) reopened
04-10-1941: Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan > Euston Square - Farringdon (1.98 km) reopened
05-10-1941: Metropolitan Railway (East London) > Shadwell - St. Mary's (0.61 km) closed
06-10-1941: Metropolitan > Rickmansworth - Croxley (3.08 km) reopened
03-05-1943: Metropolitan Railway (Metropolitan) > Aylesbury - Quainton Road (9.73 km) reopened
13-08-1944: Bakerloo > Elephant & Castle - Piccadilly Circus (3.09 km) closed
25-08-1944: Bakerloo > Elephant & Castle - Piccadilly Circus (3.09 km) reopened
01-07-1946: Piccadilly > Holborn - Aldwych (0.72 km) reopened
04-12-1946: Central > Liverpool Street - Stratford (6.74 km)
20-12-1946: District > Earl's Court - Kensington (Olympia) (1.54 km) reopened
05-05-1947: Central > Stratford - Leytonstone (3.71 km)
30-06-1947: Central > North Acton - Greenford (5.81 km) and Hanger Lane station added
22-11-1947: Central > Wood Lane station closed
23-11-1947: Central > White City station added
14-12-1947: Central > Leytonstone - Woodford (4.64 km) / Newbury Park (6.58 km)
01-01-1948: East London > Shoredictch - New Cross (6.25 km) / New Cross Gate (0.61 km)
29-05-1948: Metropolitan Railway (Metropolitan) > Aylesbury - Quainton Road (9.73 km) closed
31-05-1948: Central > Newbury Park - Hainault (3.05 km)
21-11-1948: Central > Woodford - Loughton (3.82 km) / Hainault (4.95 km), Greenford - West Ruislip (6.91 km) and Northolt station moved
25-09-1949: Central > Loughton - Epping (7.92 km)
28-10-1951: London North Eastern Railway (Northern) > Finsbury Park - Alexandra Palace (6.31 km) closed
07-01-1952: British Rail (Northern) > Finsbury Park - Alexandra Palace (6.31 km) reopened
17-11-1952: Bakerloo > Carpender's Park station moved
03-07-1954: British Rail (Northern) > Finsbury Park - Alexandra Palace (6.31 km) closed
04-05-1957: Great Eastern Railway (Jubilee) > Stratford station closed
18-11-1957: Central > Epping - Ongar (9.82 km)
28-02-1959: District > Acton Town - South Acton (1.11 km) closed
24-10-1959: Hammersmith & City > White City station closed
03-01-1960: Metropolitan > Rickmansworth - Croxley (3.08 km) closed
12-09-1960: Metropolitan > Rickmansworth - Amersham (10.31 km) / Chesham (4.93 km)
10-09-1961: Metropolitan Railway (Metropolitan) > Amersham - Aylesbyry (23.00 km) service withdrawn
23-06-1963: Piccadilly > Turnham Green station reopened
03-10-1964: London North Eastern Railway (Northern) > Finsbury Park - Trayton park (1.24 km) closed
09-10-1964: Piccadilly > Northfields - Hounslow West (6.49 km) service withdrawn [District service]
10-10-1964: Piccadilly > Acton Town - Northfields (2.68 km) service withdrawn [District service]
04-02-1967: Circle/District > Mark Lane station closed and Tower Hill station reopened
01-09-1968: Victoria > Walthhamstow Central - Highbury & Islington (9.31 km)
01-12-1968: Victoria > Highbury & Islington - Warren Street (3.93 km)
07-03-1969: Victoria > Warren Street - Victoria (3.13 km)
23-07-1971: Victoria > Victoria - Brixton (5.67 km)
14-09-1972: Victoria > Pimlico station added
16-06-1973: Northern > Charing Cross station closed
28-02-1975: Northern > Moorgate - Old Street (0.69 km) closed
10-03-1975: Northern > Moorgate - Old Street (0.69 km) reopened
19-07-1975: Piccadilly > Hounslow West - Hatton Cross (2.91 km)
06-09-1975: London North Eastern Railway (Northern) > Moorgate - Old Street (0.79 km) closed
03-10-1975: London North Eastern Railway (Northern) > Essex Road station closed
04-10-1975: London North Eastern Railway (Northern) > Drayton Park - Old Street (3.46 km) closed
23-11-1975: Southern Railway (Waterloo & City) > Waterloo - Bank (2.53 km) closed





 


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