underground railway

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Gerald Norman Springer was born Feb. 13, 1944, in a London underground railway station being used as a bomb shelter.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Learn about trams, buses and the world’s oldest underground railway at this museum in Covent Garden.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Four years ago Larry Hogan, a Republican, scrapped a $2.9bn underground railway project.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2019

Nearly 20 years in the making and 1,300 miles long, that network also created space for the London Tube, the first underground railway.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018

All the existing means of transit are acknowledged to be insufficient, and an underground railway is talked of.

From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack