London Underground 150th Anniversary Steam Train (High Quality Audio)

Published: 13 January 2013
on channel: DeadlyAviator

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A Steam train (Metropolitan Railway Locomotive 1) and Sarah Siddons (Electric Locomotive 12) form a special train service on the London underground in part of celebrations of the 150th Anniversary, since the first part of the service we know today was opened. The train departed from Moorgate on January 13th 2013 bound non-stop for Kensington (Olympia). More runs of this train may be recorded by me next weekend when it runs again.

[Quote from the London Transport Museum Website]:

On 9 January 1863 the world's first underground train pulled out of Paddington station to make the first passenger journey - 3½-miles under the streets of London from Paddington to Farringdon and into the record books.

The original Underground line was built and financed by the Metropolitan Railway, a private company which had been formed in 1854 to undertake the project to link the mainline stations at Paddington, Euston and King's Cross with the City centre business district to the east.

Travelling on the new railway was a novelty that thousands of Londoners were eager to experience and on the first day of public service -- long queues formed at every station. The line was a huge success with 26,000 passengers using the railway each day in the first six months."

P.S the audio was recorded with an external microphone which is why it sounds better than it looks =p.

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