History of the London Underground line stations saw their last goods train in the same year. The closure of West Kensington yard the following year meant the withdrawal of goods trains from District and Piccadilly tracks. On the Central line, Hainault loop stations lost their goods service in 1965, and in 1966 the rest of the line followed. London transit: Other subway histories: History of the London Underground The history of the London Underground began in the 19th century with the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. The Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863 using gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam
London Underground GN&C Stock London Underground GN&C Stock The GN & C Stock was operated on the Great Northern and City Railway, an underground railway line in London, England. It was opened between Moorgate and Finsbury Park on 14 February 1904. The original GN&C Stock operated on the line between 1904 and 1939. The line was operated by electric multiple unit trains from the outset. The initial rolling stock were 77 carriages intended to form 11 seven carriage trains. In practice six carriage trains were operated. They used a multiple unit control system known as the Sprague-Thomson-Houston system. Power was supplied for the line