11 January 1863
Opening of the Metropolitan Railway to the public. The first underground railway line in the world runs from Paddington to Farringdon.
24 June 1907
Hampstead tube is opened by Mr Lloyd-George MP, and president of the Board of Trade.
1 December 1924
The tube’s advance into London’s suburbs: millions have been spent on an enormous post-war expansion programme.
3 March 1943
The Bethnal Green tube station disaster is the deadliest civilian incident in Britain during the second world war, with 173 people, including 62 children, being crushed to death.
21 August 1962
The Victoria underground line gets the go-ahead: the new line is the first piece of major tube construction in Central London since 1907.
1 March 1975
Death in Moorgate: 43 people are killed and over 70 are injured when a packed rush-hour train crashes into a dead-end tunnel at station in the City of London.
19 November 1987
Fire sweeps King’s Cross tube tunnels. Firemen hunt for survivors as smoke traps dozens in an escalator fire at the underground station.
25 September 2014
Underground London: abandoned tube stations and tunnels – in pictures.
25 December 2015
London Underground staff use fake names on ID badges for security. Transport for London (Tfl) gives tube workers the option to hide their identity to protect themselves against being stalked or harassed by passengers.
31 May 2017
TfL gets closer to offering full mobile coverage on the tube.
21 August 2017
What is the most annoying thing you can do on public transport?
