Metropolitan 1, a restored steam train travels near Earl's Court, London. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Sunday, January 13, 2013
7:33 AM
The first passenger journey on the London Underground was recreated this morning as part of celebrations to mark the Tube?s 150th birthday.
At precisely 9.54am specially invited passengers moved off from Kensington Olympia Tube station in west London aboard a train pulled by Met Locomotive 1, which was built in 1898.
The passengers were in the restored Metropolitan Railway carriage No 353, which was built in 1892, as well as a set of Chesham coaches on loan from the Bluebell Railway in Sussex.
Making up the train was the No 12 Sarah Siddons - one of the world?s oldest electric locomotives in service which was built in 1922.
The train travelled non-stop to Moorgate station in the City of London, moving at slow speed, meaning it was visible passing through a number of stations en route, including Earl?s Court, High Street Kensington, Bayswater, Paddington, Euston and King?s Cross.
The train reached Moorgate at 10.30am. Normal Tube services were running at the same time.
Londoners will get a chance to see two more journeys today as the steam train will travel on sold-out trips from Olympia to Moorgate at 7.15pm and from Moorgate to Edgware Road at 8.10pm.
Among further steam journeys to celebrate the anniversary will be those on Sunday, January 20.
The first stretch of the world-famous network opened on January 9, 1863, between Paddington and Farringdon, when it was known as the Metropolitan Railway.
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