Keywords: Constructing the Metropolitan Railway.png Construction of the Metropolitan Railway the world's first underground railway Illustration shows the trench and partially completed cut and cover tunnel close to Kings Cross station London The railway opened in 1863 The Illustrated London News page 99 1861-02-02 P Justyne signature lower left <br>http //www bonhams com/auctions/13993/lot/7009/ Bonhams as Percy William Justyne living from 1812 to 1883 pd-old 1883 w File Metropolitan Railway King's Cross 1862 JPG History of the London Underground King's Cross St Pancras tube station Metropolitan Line Circle Line Illustrated London News landscapes 1861 in the London Borough of Camden 1861-02 February 1861 in London 1861 in rail transport in the United Kingdom Metropolitan Railway ILN 1861 Construction on the London Underground London Underground tunnels |