January 9th 13, 11:05 PM
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Daily Telegraph: 150 fascinating Tube facts
Paul Cummins wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when
(Recliner) came up to me and whispered:
20. The London Underground trains were originally steam powered.
No, only Met and District trains were ever Steam. Steam was withdrawn
from the Circle line in 1905, and was only used for Metro-land long
distance services from then on.
True, but that doesn't invalidate the statement.
24. The Underground name first appeared on stations in 1908.
By which time no "UndergrounD" services were steam powered. Steam was
introduced to "Underground" services when LPTB subsumed the independent
Metropolitan line in 1933.
They don't claim it was steam Operated in 1908.
74. The first Tube tunnel was opened in 1880, running from the
Tower of London to Bermondsey.
But has nothing to do with the London Underground
Yup.
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