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Construction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_and_Metropolitan_District_Railways#Metropolitan_Railway" class="extiw" title="w:Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways">Metropolitan Railway</a>, the world's first underground railway. Illustration shows the trench and partially completed cut and cover tunnel close to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" class="extiw" title="w:London King's Cross railway station">Kings Cross station</a>, London. The railway opened in 1863.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Percy_William_Justyne" class="extiw" title="w:en:Percy William Justyne"><span title="English artist and book illustrator">Percy William Justyne</span></a>
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2 February 1861<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1861-02-02T00:00:00Z/11</div>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constructing_the_Metropolitan_Railway.png" title="File:Constructing the Metropolitan Railway.png">File:Constructing the Metropolitan Railway.png</a>