The World's First Underground
- Episode aired Apr 17, 2017
Rob Bell examines how London's overcrowding problem was the issue that prompted the building of the world's first underground railway, which linked Paddington and a terminus at Farringdon an... Read allRob Bell examines how London's overcrowding problem was the issue that prompted the building of the world's first underground railway, which linked Paddington and a terminus at Farringdon and went into operation in January 1863. Rob lives out a boyhood dream of riding on one of t... Read allRob Bell examines how London's overcrowding problem was the issue that prompted the building of the world's first underground railway, which linked Paddington and a terminus at Farringdon and went into operation in January 1863. Rob lives out a boyhood dream of riding on one of the original steam trains that carried passengers through tunnels, and learns how unpleasan... Read all