Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/18 November

18 November

• 1750 – First Westminster Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1876 – Metropolitan Railway extends from Liverpool Street to Aldgate.
• 1957 – Epping to Ongar section of Central line is electrified replacing steam-hauled trains.

• 1987 – A fire at King's Cross underground station kills 31 people when a fire on a wooden escalator flashes-over.