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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Metropolitan Railway canonical 49
London Underground (early lines) 1
London Underground precursor network 1

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 ⓘ
Uxbridge ⓘ
Verney Junction ⓘ
Watford ⓘ
formedCoreOf Metropolitan line ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: 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, England ⓘ
surface form: 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 station ⓘ
surface form: Farringdon Street station

King’s Cross St Pancras Underground station ⓘ
surface form: King’s Cross Metropolitan station

Paddington (Bishop’s Road) station ⓘ
participatedIn Inner Circle ⓘ
surface form: Inner Circle (Circle line precursor)
partOf London Underground ⓘ
promotedDevelopmentOf Metroland ⓘ
railwayType subsurface railway ⓘ
servedArea Buckinghamshire ⓘ
City of London ⓘ
Hertfordshire ⓘ
Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form: Middlesex

West End of London ⓘ
servedCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
successor London Passenger Transport Board ⓘ
surface form: London Transport
successorLine Metropolitan line ⓘ
terminus Farringdon Street ⓘ
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usedConstructionMethod cut-and-cover ⓘ
usedRollingStock Metropolitan Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Railway A Class locomotives

Metropolitan Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Railway T Stock

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London Underground → originalName → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Metropolitan Railway → usedRollingStock → Metropolitan Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Railway A Class locomotives
Metropolitan Railway → usedRollingStock → Metropolitan Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Railway T Stock
Circle line → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Hammersmith & City line → openedAsPartOf → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Hammersmith & City line → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Metropolitan line → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
South Kensington tube station → openedBy → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Notting Hill Gate Underground station → originalCompany → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Sir John Fowler → notableWork → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Sir John Fowler → designed → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Sir John Fowler → notableWork → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: London Underground (early lines)
Farringdon station → originalCompany → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Wembley Park station → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Farringdon → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
London Underground Metropolitan line → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
King’s Cross St Pancras Underground station → openedOnLine → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Chalfont and Latimer railway station → originalCompany → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
John Fowler → knownFor → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
John Fowler → designed → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
John Fowler → notableProject → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
John Fowler → significantStructure → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Great Portland Street Underground station → originalCompany → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Finchley Road Underground station → originalCompany → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Baker Street station → openedAsPartOf → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
London Chatham and Dover Railway → connectedTo → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Watford tube station → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) → partOf → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) → railwayLine → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) → terminusFor → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Railway services to Farringdon
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) → railwayCompany → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Verney Junction → partOf → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Verney Junction → railwayLine → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Railway main line
Verney Junction → laterOperatedBy → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Verney Junction → terminusOf → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Railway northern extension
Verney Junction → formerOwner → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
London Passenger Transport Board → replaced → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) station → originalTerminusOf → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) station → openedBy → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Paddington (Bishop’s Road) station → hasOriginalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Metroland → developedAlong → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Metroland → promotedBy → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
District Railway → connectedWith → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Euston Square Underground station → openingRailway → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Brill → servedByRailway → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Chalfont & Latimer → originalCompany → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Northwood → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Northwick Park → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Aldgate → originalOperator → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
Harrow-on-the-Hill railway station → openedBy → Metropolitan Railway ⓘ