The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west...
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Metropolitan railway may refer to: Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground Metropolitan Railway, a former underground railway in London Metropolitan...
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Metro-Cammell (redirect from Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd)
formally the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW), was an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons, based...
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(100 km/h) on some sections. In 1863, the Metropolitan Railway began the world's first underground railway between Paddington and Farringdon with wooden...
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The Seoul Metropolitan Subway (Korean: 수도권 전철) is a metropolitan railway system consisting of 23 rapid transit, light metro, commuter rail and people mover...
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The Metropolitan District Railway, also known as the District Railway, was a passenger railway that served London, England, from 1868 to 1933. Established...
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The first underground passenger services started in 1863 when the Metropolitan Railway opened using steam locomotives hauling gas-lit wooden carriages,...
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Commuter rail (redirect from Municipal railway)
Genoa–Pisa. Bologna metropolitan railway service. The system comprises 8 lines. Bari metropolitan railway service Canton Tessin suburban railway reaches Italian...
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London Railway (C&SLR), was opened in 1890. The first underground railways in London, the Metropolitan Railway (MR) and the District Railway (DR), used...
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century with the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. The Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863 using gas-lit...
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station opened in 1863 as King's Cross Metropolitan. It was one of the initial seven stations on the Metropolitan Railway, London's first underground line,...
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The Metropolitan Railway A Class and B Class were 4-4-0T condensing steam locomotives built for the Metropolitan Railway by Beyer Peacock, first used in...
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Hammersmith & City line (redirect from Hammersmith and City Railway)
railway west from Paddington to Hammersmith was opened and this soon became operated and owned jointly by the Metropolitan and Great Western Railway companies...
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Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, was a six-mile (10 km) rail line in the Aylesbury Vale...
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The Bari metropolitan railway service is a commuter rail service in the Italian city Bari. It consists of two lines, joining the central railway station...
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London Underground (redirect from Underground railway tunnels)
Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, opening on 10 January 1863 as the world's first underground passenger railway. It is now part of the Circle...
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The Metropolitan and District railways both used carriages exclusively until they electrified in the early 20th century. The District railway replaced...
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The first Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives were ordered in 1864 for the Metropolitan Railway, to replace the Great Western Railway locomotive that...
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Metro-land (section Metropolitan Railway)
the early part of the 20th century that were served by the Metropolitan Railway. The railway company was in the privileged position of being allowed to...
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Rapid transit (redirect from Metropolitan train)
world's first rapid transit system was the partially underground Metropolitan Railway which opened in 1863 using steam locomotives, and now forms part...
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sub-surface lines were run by two companies, the District Railway and Metropolitan Railway. As the Circle line was operated jointly, they collaborated...
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The Metropolitan Elevated Railway can refer to one of: The IRT Sixth Avenue Line, a former elevated railway in New York City, or The Metropolitan West...
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The Bologna metropolitan railway service (Italian: servizio ferroviario metropolitano di Bologna, acronym: SFMBO) is a commuter railway service around...
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The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha, lit. "Metropolitan Area’s New City Railway Stock...
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The Metropolitan Railway E Class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives. A total of seven locomotives were built between 1896 and 1901 for the Metropolitan...
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The Metropolitan City of Turin (Italian: città metropolitana di Torino; Piedmontese: sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin) is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont...
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Baker Street tube station (category Former Metropolitan Railway stations)
It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world's first underground railway, opened on 10 January 1863. The station is...
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The Palermo metropolitan railway service is a commuter rail system operated by Trenitalia. It serves the city of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. There are two...
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East London line (redirect from East London Railway)
Railway (LB&SCR), the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR), the South Eastern Railway (SER), the Metropolitan Railway, and the District Railway....
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Wembley Tower, the Metropolitan Tower, and the London Stump. Sir Edward Watkin (1819–1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur, noted...
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