City and South London Railway
City and South London Railway is a metro tunnel in UK.
- Type: Metro
- Country: UK
- Length: 5.1 km
- Opened: 1890
Overview
The first deep level electric underground railway in the world, opened 1890 between King William Street and Stockwell under the Thames. Tiny windowless cars led riders to call them padded cells. It is the ancestor of the modern metro tube and today part of the Northern line.
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