condiciones de trabajo. - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:44:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg condiciones de trabajo. - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Construction of the Central line of the London Underground https://historylab.es/construction-of-the-central-line-of-the-london-underground/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=construction-of-the-central-line-of-the-london-underground Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:09 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/construccion-de-la-linea-central-del-metro-de-londres-construction-of-the-central-line-of-the-london-underground/ Photographs of workers at the construction of the British Museum station on the London Underground in 1898.

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]]> During the 19th century, the railway reached unprecedented speed throughout England transporting passengers and materials, but traffic in the cities was becoming chaotic. In 1863, construction began on the world’s first underground railway line. The Metropolitan line connected Paddington station – the railway terminus for many central London commuters – to Farrindon Street, near the Bank of England. In 1891, the Central London Railway was established with a line connecting the financial centre of the city with the suburbs. The line from Shepherd’s Bush to Bank opens in 1900, better known as the Twopenny Line, because of its standard one penny fare

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