The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world - here's a brief history of the route in four forgotten historic maps.

bringing all lines apart from the Metropolitan Railway under one umbrella. This paved the way for the first London Tube map as we know it to be produced in 1908. The map included the Great Northern, ...

Built by digging a long trench, laying track and covering it over again, the line made use of steam trains to carry ...

Probably the worst kept secret in the rail industry, it's been confirmed at long last that Chiltern Railways will run ...

For now, though – here’s a brief history of the entire London Underground told through ten maps. Opened in 1863, the initial Metropolitan Railway route ran between Paddington and Farringdon, but was ...