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The City and South London Railway was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction |
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Originally intended for cable-hauled trains, the collapse of the cable contractor while the railway was under construction forced a change to electric traction, an experimental technology at the time, before the line opened |
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When opened in 1890, it had six stations and ran for 3.2 miles (5.1 km) in a pair of tunnels between the City of London and Stockwell, passing under the River Thames |
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tags : city, south, london, railway |
