FARRINGDON STREET. Proposed Metropolitan underground railway. PEARSON 1855

Charles Pearson Esq. Pearson used his influence as Solicitor to the City of London to promote improvements to transport communications. Initially, he proposed a central railway station for the City in Farringdon, accessed by tunnel, that would be used by multiple railway companies enabling workers to commute to the City from further away. When this plan was rejected, Pearson promoted an underground railway connecting the capital's northern mainline rail termini to the City. In 1854, a Royal Commission was set up to examine a number of new proposals for railways in London. The Commission recommended that a railway be constructed linking the termini with the docks and the General Post Office at St. Martin's Le Grand. A private bill for the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon received Royal Assent on 7 August 1854. The resulting Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863, was the first underground railway in the world, which led to the development of today's extensive London Underground network and the rapid expansion of the capital.

"Report from the Select Committee on Metropolitan Communications; together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence and appendix", order by The House of Commons, to be printed, 23 July 1855, Henry Hansard [Metropolitan Communications Hansard Report]

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