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Metropolitan Railway red plaque
Metropolitan Railway · Underground Passenger Railway
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“Metropolitan Railway The world's first underground railway opened from Paddington to Farringdon via Baker Street Station on 10th January 1863”
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1863-1933
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Eastbound Platform 5, Baker Street Underground Station
NW1
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Eastbound Platform 5, Baker Street Underground Station
NW1
51.522900, -0.156940
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