🚇✨ Did You Know the First Underground Railway in the World Was Built in London? ✨🚇 On 10th January 1863, history was made when the very first underground railway opened beneath the streets of London. The Metropolitan Railway ran between Paddington and Farringdon, powered by steam engines and gas-lit carriages, forever changing the way people travelled in cities. What began as a bold Victorian experiment has grown into the London Underground — one of the most iconic transport systems in the wor