On This Day January 10

The London Underground, the world's oldest subway railway, opened between Paddington station and Farringdon station on January 10, 1863. This first section of the Metropolitan Railway was 3.75 miles (6 km) long and originally used gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives. The London Underground was soon carrying tens of thousands of passengers each day. It transported 9.5 million in its first year. 

 

 Locomotive as used on the underground Metropolitan Railway from 1863 to 1869.

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