FIRST TUBE LINE
JUBILEE APPROACHES FIFTY YEARS' SERVICE LONDON, Nov. 22. The world’s first underground railway will celebrate its jubilee in lie-, cember. It is 50 years since Edward VII, then Prince ol' Wales, inaugurated this pioneer line, running south from ih'c City pf London under the Thames. It originally had three miles of track; now it has 200, constructed at an average cost ol £1,000,000 a mile. Today it is operated by the London Transport Board and serves a population of almost 10,000,000. One line 25 miles long is believed to 'be the longest tunnel in the world. The underground railways everywhere owe their existence to thp maker of London’s first underground line, James Henry Greathead.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 8
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117FIRST TUBE LINE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20414, 26 November 1940, Page 8
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