![]() Within a month it would be welcoming 26,000 passengers a day.ġ905: The District and Circle Lines become the first to become electrifiedġ908: The Underground name and the iconic round symbol with a flat horizontal bar through it appear for the first time.ġ911: The first escalators are turned on at Earl's Court station.ġ929: Manual doors are used on the Underground for the last time with air operated doors used for the first time.ġ933: The first Underground map in its recognisable modern form is produced by Harry Beck.ġ940: The Underground played a key role in the Second World War, stations being used for the first time as shelters during the Blitz and a stretch of the Picadilly Line used to store treasures from the British Museumġ952: The first aluminium trains are introduced.ġ969: Queen Elizabeth II takes the controls of a train as she opens the Victoria Lineġ971: The last steam shuntings and freight locomotives use the Underground.ġ975: 43 people are killed in a train crash on the Northern Line at Moorgate. But what are some of the major changes and developments that have taken place since the first train left Bishop's Road on January 9 1863.ġ863: London's underground Metropolitan or Met welcomes its first passengers. London's iconic Underground system celebrates its 150th birthday tomorrow. A modern day London Underground train pulling in to Oxford Circus station
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