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Old August 20th 05, 04:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Nigel Pendse Nigel Pendse is offline
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Default NYC and London: Comparisons.

"Moishe Lip****z" wrote in message
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"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
The first underground line was the one from Paddington to King's
Cross -


The first was the Pneumatic Tube Company in NY.


Not so. The Met opened several years earlier, and was a proper railway,
not just a short demo line.