What is History of the London Underground?
{{unsourced|date=December 2017}} From its creation to the present day, [[London Underground]]'s 150-year history has been an eventful one. == London Underground milestones == '''1843''' Constructed by Sir Marc Brunel and his son Isambard, the Thames Tunnel opens '''1863''' On 10 January, The Metropolitan Railway opens the world's first underground railway, between Paddington (then called Bishop's Road) and Farringdon Street '''1868''' The first section of the Metropolitan District Railway, from South Kensington to Westminster (now part of the District and Circle lines), opens '''1869''' The first steam trains travel through the Brunels' Thames Tunnel '''1880''' Running from the [[Tower of London]] to Bermondsey, the first Tube tunnel opens '''1884''' The Circle line is completed '''1890''' On 18 December, The City and South London Railway opens the world's first deep-level electric railway. It runs from King William Street in the [[City of London]], under the River Thames, to Stockwell '''1900''' The Prince of Wales opens the Central London Railway from Shepherd's Bush to Bank (the 'Twopenny Tube'). This is now part of the Central line '''1902''' The Underground Electric Railway Company of London (known as the Underground Group) is formed. By the start of WWI, mergers had brought all lines - except the Metropolitan line '''1905''' District and Circle lines become electrified '''1906''' Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (now part of the Bakerloo line) opens and runs from Baker Street to Kennington Road (now Lambeth North). Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (now part of the Piccadilly line) opens between Hammersmith and Finsbury Park '''1907''' Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (now part of the Northern line) opens and runs from Charing Cross to Golders Green and Highgate (now Archway). Albert Stanley (later Lord Ashfield) is appointed General Manager of the Underground Electric Railway Company of London Limited '''1908''' The name 'Underground' makes its first appearance