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1928 equipment causing commuter misery at Edgware Road Tube
"amogles" wrote in message ... On 6 Jun., 16:58, john wright wrote: "When there was only one line for the whole of London" What can that refer to? Neither telephones nor rail lines makes much sense in this context. When the various "lines" that now form the London Underground were built, they were separate railways and were referred to by their names, ie C&SLR etc. I assume that the practice of calling them lines must have come in when they were all part of London Underground. Does anybody know when the term "line" first came into use in this context 'Line' to refer to a railway company was certainly in use by 1895: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' - Jack Worthing had been left in a handbag in the Left Luggage Office at Victotia station - 'The Brighton Line' "The line is immaterial" (Can't you just hear Dame Edith Evans?). The Evening News coined the name 'Bakerloo Line' as shorthand for 'The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway' Peter |
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