In the 1860s he would become the latter’s youngest president ... As John R Day and John Reed’s The Story of London’s Underground confirms, the world’s first passenger-carrying designated underground ...

A proposed Underground line linking Victoria and Kilburn ... wouldn't have needed to dig tunnels through Central London, as it could use the existing railway to Victoria station.

The London Underground is an iconic piece of Victorian era engineering. What started in 1863 quickly became a core piece of infrastructure that would define the modern character of the British ...

The precursors to the London Underground began operation in the 1860s using steam locomotives. Electrification began in the 1890s. The network gradually expanded and evolved, and today it is among ...

A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...