Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/18 November
Appearance
- 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.