About London Transport: Then & Now
Exploring how Transport for London and its predecessors have tackled the endless challenges thrown at them in London, one of the world's fastest growing cities. In the 1860s, visionary Charles Pearson had the idea to link up some of the capital's main-line stations with a new railway, which would be buried underground. It was the birth of the so-called Tube, and it totally transformed the lives of Londoners. … MORE