In 1904, it opened what is now the Uxbridge branch of the Metropolitan line, connecting Uxbridge to the Metropolitan Railway near Roxborough Lane (now Roxborough Road) close to Harrow-on-the-Hill station.
London Underground locomotive number 16 (used on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground until 1962) was named Oliver Goldsmith.
He was engaged in several important works, including the Metropolitan Railway and the Severn Valley Railway.
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The line to Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Amersham runs alongside London Underground's Metropolitan Line between Finchley Road) and Harrow-on-the-Hill, with each operator running on separate tracks, then shares the tracks with Metropolitan Line services.
In 1950 and 1951, the F Stock was transferred to the Metropolitan Line where it operated services between Uxbridge and London, even working the occasional service to Amersham and Watford.
Metro-land, an informal name for a suburban area north-west of London, England served by the Metropolitan Line