London Underground history 1890-1899

1880-1889

1900-1909

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Date

Line(s)

Event

1890-11-04

Northern

Opening ceremony for the first (successful and/or electric) tube railway in the world by the City & South London Railway (C&SLR). The railway was opened to the public 1890-12-18.

1890-12-18

Northern

The first (successful and/or electric) tube railway opened by the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) between Stockwell and King William Street (near Monument). The other stations were The Oval (now Oval), Kennington, Elephant & Castle and Borough.

1891-07-01

Metropolitan

Opening of the line between Aylesbury and Verney Junction, including the intermediate stations Winslow Road, Granborough Road (then Grandborough Road) and Quainton Road. The line was originaly built by Aylesbury & Buckingham Railway. The line was quickly double tracked.

1892-09-01

Metropolitan

Branched off the would-be main line to Chesham with an extension from Chalfont Road (now Chalfont & Latimer) to a temporary station in Aylesbury, slightly to the south of the older GWR/A&BR station. Intermediate stations were Amersham, Great Missenden, Wendover and Stoke Mandeville.

1893-12-31

Metropolitan

Aylesbury temporary station closed. A rebuilt joint station with the same name opened the next day.

1894-??-??

Northern

The Oval renamed to Oval.

1894-05-12

Metropolitan, now also Jubilee

Wembley Park station opened between Neasden and Harrow On-The-Hill (then Harrow).

1894-06-01

Metropolitan, now also Jubilee

Willesden Green renamed to Willesden Green & Cricklewood. It was renamed to Willesden Green 1938-??-??.

1894-06-01

Metropolitan

Harrow renamed to Harrow On-the-hill.

1895-12-22

Northern

C&SLR station King William Street (near Monument) was rebuilt to deal with the increasing traffic. It had only one track with two platforms, but was now rebuilt with two tracks and an island platform.

1896-11-29

Metropolitan

Quainton Road station closed. A resited station with the same name opened the next day.

1897-01-01

Metropolitan

Waddesdon station (then called Waddesdon Manor) opened between Aylesbury and Quainton Road.

1898-08-08

Waterloo & City

Waterloo & City railway opened between Waterloo and City (now Bank), no intermediate stations.

1899-??-??

Metropolitan and GCR

The Great Central Railway (formerly Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire) built a line south to Quainton Road, used Metropolitan tracks to Harrow On-The-Hill and then by their own set of tracks to Marylebone, mainly parallell to the Metropolitan tracks. Marylebone was the last main line terminus to be built in London.

1899-12-01

Metropolitan

Opening of the line between Brill and Quainton Road, including the intermediate stations Wood Siding, Wotton, Westcott and Waddendon Road (then Waddesdon). The line was originaly called Wotton Tramway or the Brill Branch.

1880-1889

1900-1909

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