Step into the world of the London Underground and travel through time. The underground was originally build by Metropolitan Railway, opened in 1863 as the world’s first underground railway.

Prominent architects and engineers of the 19th century have left their mark on London’s landscape. The industrial age formed the start of new ideas and techniques of that time, symbolized by railway developments visible throughout the city. Since the late nineteenth century the underground has not stopped moving and continues to renew itself to keep up with modern times.