#OnThisDay 1985: 𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘥: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦 was first broadcast. ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHsk7UDxsV

Train services for Easter, 1938. A fold-out leaflet containing the Easter timetable for the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee lines, along with times of first and last trains for other Underground lines. ➡️ buff.ly/BNxammA

#OnThisDay 1988: Location filming for 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘴 took place around Waterloo. ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHsiXUrzoC

#OnThisDay 1876: Selly Oak station was opened by the Midland Railway. ➡️ flic.kr/p/Xzdwhd [Top photo - Michael Westley]

#OnThisDay 1886: Honor Oak Park station was opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. ➡️ flic.kr/p/BH1ppv [Top photo - Steve Grindlay]

#OnThisDay 1867: Kentish Town West station was opened by the North London Railway. ➡️ buff.ly/QexTYgj

#OnThisDay 2017: Selly Oak library was closed by Birmingham City Council. ➡️ flic.kr/p/T8sqTB

#OnThisDay 1865: North Weald station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway. ➡️ flic.kr/p/2a8edZA [Top photo - Robin Webster]

Make your own CrossRail Train. A promotional self-assembly card for building your own Crossrail train, a Class 341. From DCA Design Consultants, c.1992. ➡️ buff.ly/zFIn2T0

#OnThisDay 1976: The West Somerset Railway was reopened as a heritage railway. Here we see Minehead station, the northern terminus of the railway. ➡️ buff.ly/1HFK3Nz [Top photo - Alan Bond]

#OnThisDay 1958: The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry was officially opened by the Duchess of Kent. ➡️ flic.kr/p/2gbJ4rx [Top photo - Fast Track images]

#OnThisDay 1969: Location filming for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 took place in Seven Sisters Country Park, Exceat. ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHskxSjcc3

Interior of W. Thatcher & Son Ltd at 221 Kilburn High Road, 1952. 📸 Nicolas Pike ➡️ buff.ly/ak1NJVJ

Limehouse Causeway, Limehouse ➡️ flic.kr/p/2s3ifad

#OnThisDay 1980: Location filming for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦 took place on Brighton beach. ➡️ flic.kr/p/2p2JHB4

#OnThisDay 1922: The rebuilt Waterloo station was officially opened by Queen Mary. ➡️ buff.ly/rYxPkW9

The Victoria line. A 14-page London Transport booklet from 1965 with information about London's new tube line which would begin opening in stages three years later. ➡️ buff.ly/eYowpbK

Uxbridge Road station, seen in the top photo, opened in 1869 to replace Shepherd's Bush station. Bomb damage on the line caused the station to close in 1940 and never reopen; the station building was demolished in 1968. ↘️ flic.kr/p/XsNuwf

West Hampstead station, West End Lane. In the top photo we see a 1938 Stock train working a northbound Bakerloo line service to Wembley Park. In the bottom photo, a 1996 Stock train working a Jubilee line service to Stanmore. ➡️ flic.kr/p/2qSzdAp

Jubilee Line Extension - a major addition to the London Underground Network. A 1995 folded leaflet introducing the Jubilee Line Extension, including a map of the route. ➡️ buff.ly/CtgPufG

Great West Road, Hounslow In the top photo we see preparations are underway for cut-and-cover construction work for the Piccadilly line Heathrow extension in 1971. ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHBqjCndvT

A 23-page brochure from c.1993 outlining an earlier scheme for Crossrail proposed by London Underground and Network SouthEast. ➡️ buff.ly/JZWCTih

#OnThisDay 1992: The main line platforms at Westbourne Park station were closed by British Rail. ➡️ buff.ly/L8eZwSt

Chelsea-Hackney line. A 1991 4-page leaflet issued by London Underground with information about the proposed Chelsea–Hackney line, including a map of the route. The route had been safeguarded just a few weeks before this leaflet was issued. ➡️ buff.ly/GLTKcpi

#OnThisDay 1983: Location filming for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 took place in Cwm Bychan. ➡️ buff.ly/XT6SH2D

#OnThisDay 1899: Marylebone station was opened by the Great Central Railway. ➡️ buff.ly/7KDWIHn

#OnThisDay 1916: Barnes Bridge station was opened by the London and South Western Railway. ➡️ flic.kr/p/GopaF3 [Top photo - Dr Neil Clifton]

Hancock's Half Hour - The Missing Page (11th March 1960). A master at work.

Wyldes Farm, North End, Hampstead, captioned as 'Wildwood Farm' on an early 1900's colourised postcard....

Happy Birthday to the Bakerloo line - 120 years old today. The initial section of the tube line was formally opened on 10 March 1906 by the Chairman of the #London CC; the brochure has this fine map showing the line along with the other UERL tubes under construction. ↘️ flic.kr/p/2mURh73

Kilburn High Road, Kilburn ➡️ flic.kr/p/2s1nfqt

Dalston Lane, Dalston ➡️ flic.kr/p/2s1aZRk

#OnThisDay 1966: Bath Green Park station was closed by British Rail. ➡️ flic.kr/p/2hLx5zq [Top photo - Ben Brooksbank]

#OnThisDay 1969: The Victoria line was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II, the same day that stage 3 of the line was opened between Warren Street and Victoria. ➡️ buff.ly/pNhYQo7

Kilburn High Road, Kilburn ➡️ flic.kr/p/2rZNF15

Fleet Street Hill. [left photo by John Claridge] ➡️ flic.kr/p/w41UVS

#OnThisDay 1884: St Mary's station was opened by the South Eastern Railway. ➡️ buff.ly/c7Wdrm1

Kingston station, Wood Street, Kingston ➡️ flic.kr/p/2rZaF9J

#OnThisDay 1941: London & North Eastern Railway trains served East Finchley station for the last time. ➡️ flic.kr/p/WwLMNe [Top photo - Ben Brooksbank]

#OnThisDay 1871: West Hampstead Thameslink station was opened by the Midland Railway. ➡️ buff.ly/34lY8lz

#OnThisDay 1880: Fulham Broadway station was opened by the Metropolitan District Railway. ➡️ flic.kr/p/RG3MQd

#OnThisDay 1849: Enfield Town station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway. ➡️ buff.ly/kt1DuFL [Top photo - Ben Brooksbank]

#OnThisDay 1888: West Hampstead station was opened by the London and North Western Railway. ➡️ buff.ly/S4RXADZ

Corner of Parkway and Great West Road, Hounslow In the top photo we see cut-and-cover construction work for the Heathrow extension of the Piccadilly line taking place. ➡️ flic.kr/p/2rYPDoj

Horseferry Branch Road / Branch Road, Ratcliffe ➡️ flic.kr/p/2rYPTgX

#OnThisDay 2011: Transport for London reopened the Dalston Western Curve, allowing passenger services to run between Canonbury and Dalston Junction stations for the first time in 25 years. ➡️ flic.kr/p/zJwfp5

#OnThisDay 1900: London Bridge station (deep-level) was opened by the City and South London Railway as part of its extension up to Bank and Moorgate. ➡️ buff.ly/FpNYrw8

#OnThisDay 1906: The Kingsway Subway was first opened to tram services. ➡️ flic.kr/p/ZoWno6

The Broadway / The Mall, Ealing ➡️ flic.kr/p/2rY3TGp