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3 unusual facts about Metropolitan line


Harrow and Uxbridge Railway

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.

Oliver Goldsmith

London Underground locomotive number 16 (used on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground until 1962) was named Oliver Goldsmith.

Thomas Gwyn Elger

He was engaged in several important works, including the Metropolitan Railway and the Severn Valley Railway.


Chiltern Railways

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.

London Underground F Stock

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.


see also

Metroland

Metro-land, an informal name for a suburban area north-west of London, England served by the Metropolitan Line