London Underground: How the World's First Subway Was Built

How Victorian engineers built the world's first underground passenger railway beneath London using cut-and-cover construction, steam locomotives and an extraordinary combination of engineering, finance and urban disruption. Chapters 00:00 London, January 1863 01:12 The Railway Problem Above Ground 02:25 Permission Before Construction 03:41 John Fowler's Engineering Problem 04:51 Dig Up the Road 06:05 A Railway Through Existing London 07:18 The Hidden Cost Was Land 08:31 When the Fleet Broke In 09:41 The Steam Problem 10:53 Trial Runs Beneath the City 12:01 The Ceremonial Opening 13:10 Tens of Thousands on Day One 14:24 Nine Million Journeys 15:36 It Was Not Yet the Tube 16:48 A Second City Beneath London