During 2013 London Underground is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first underground journey which took place between Paddington and Farringdon on the Metropolitan Railway.
The London Underground system carries 1,107 million passengers each year along its 402 kilometres of track which link 270 stations with 426 escalators between them. Known as the tube since 1890 when the first deep underground electric railway opened, 45 per cent of the network is in tunnels.
This Lecture sets the scene for the ICE London lecture series by examining the history of the London Underground system in terms of both its company background and engineering.
Sam Mullins from the Transport for London Museum provided the historical background that has led to the London Underground network we use today.
Mike Chrimes, Director of Engineering and Innovation Policy at the ICE, looked at the historical engineering techniques used and how these have been developed.
For more information, please contact (recordedlectures@ice.org.uk)
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London Underground: A Historic Partnership, Civil Engineers & the Tube: 1863 to 1948
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