FIRST - Underground Railway in the World, Paddington Station, City of Westminster, London, UK
N 51° 30.979 W 000° 10.466
30U E 696042 N 5711029
London's Paddington Station was the original western end of the Metropolitan Railway, now better known as the London Underground
Waymark Code: WMRYWT
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/24/2016
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Three panels along Praed Street near Paddington Station that would otherwise be gritty blank walls are transformed into items of interest for pedestrians with short paragraphs on the area's history and culture.
The waymarked panel is first in a series of three, and reads as follows:
"Fact No. 1
Paddington station is one of London's most well-known railway stations and was designed by famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1854. It was first served by London underground trains in 1863, as the original western terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1863
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