Metropolitan Railway

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defunct railway company railway company underground railway

The Metropolitan Railway was the pioneering underground railway in London and the world’s first urban underground passenger railway, forming the core of what became the London Underground.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railway company → railway company → underground railway →
connectedWith	District Railway →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1933 →
electrification	electric traction →
extendedTo	Aylesbury → Harrow → Rickmansworth NERFINISHED → Uxbridge → Verney Junction → Watford →
formedCoreOf	Metropolitan line →
headquartersLocation	London →
inception	1863 →
initialTraction	steam locomotives →
knownFor	first underground railway in London → world’s first urban underground passenger railway →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
laterTraction	electric multiple units →
locatedIn	London →
mergedInto	London Passenger Transport Board →
openingDate	1863-01-10 →
operatedService	main-line style services → suburban services → urban commuter services →
operatedStation	Baker Street station → Farringdon Street station → King’s Cross Metropolitan station → Paddington (Bishop’s Road) station →
participatedIn	Inner Circle (Circle line precursor) →
partOf	London Underground →
promotedDevelopmentOf	Metroland →
railwayType	subsurface railway →
servedArea	Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED → City of London → Hertfordshire NERFINISHED → Middlesex → West End of London →
servedCity	London →
successor	London Transport →
successorLine	Metropolitan line →
terminus	Farringdon Street → Paddington (Bishop’s Road) →
trackGauge	standard gauge →
usedConstructionMethod	cut-and-cover →
usedRollingStock	Metropolitan Railway A Class locomotives → Metropolitan Railway T Stock →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Circle line → Hammersmith & City line → Metropolitan line →	originalOperator
Sir John Fowler → Sir John Fowler ("London Underground (early lines)") →	notableWork
Metropolitan Railway ("Metropolitan Railway A Class locomotives") → Metropolitan Railway ("Metropolitan Railway T Stock") →	usedRollingStock
Sir John Fowler →	designed
Hammersmith & City line →	openedAsPartOf
South Kensington tube station →	openedBy
Notting Hill Gate Underground station →	originalCompany
London Underground →	originalName