Paddington–Farringdon section of the Metropolitan Railway

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The Paddington–Farringdon section of the Metropolitan Railway was the original stretch of the world’s first underground railway in London, linking Paddington to Farringdon when it opened in 1863.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line section ⓘ
underground railway ⓘ
cityServed Camden ⓘ
City of London ⓘ
City of Westminster ⓘ
connectsStation Baker Street ⓘ
Edgware Road ⓘ
Euston Square ⓘ
Farringdon ⓘ
Great Portland Street ⓘ
King’s Cross St Pancras ⓘ
Paddington ⓘ
constructionMethod cut-and-cover ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electrification not electrified at opening ⓘ
heritageSignificance world’s first underground railway line ⓘ
historicalEra Victorian era ⓘ
historicalStatus original section of the Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
infrastructureType cut-and-cover trench ⓘ
tunnel ⓘ
isPartOfNetwork London Underground ⓘ
lineCharacter sub-surface ⓘ
linkedTerminusRailway Great Western Railway at Paddington ⓘ
Thameslink route at Farringdon ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
notableFor being the first urban underground railway in the world ⓘ
opened 1863 ⓘ
openingDate 1863-01-10 ⓘ
operatorAtOpening Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
originalPurpose passenger transport ⓘ
originalTraction steam locomotives ⓘ
partOf Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
servedBy Circle line ⓘ
Hammersmith & City line ⓘ
Metropolitan line ⓘ
significanceInTransportHistory prototype for later metro systems worldwide ⓘ
status in operation ⓘ
terminus Farringdon ⓘ
Paddington ⓘ

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Paddington (Bishop’s Road) station → isOnRoute → Paddington–Farringdon section of the Metropolitan Railway ⓘ