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With the increasing urbanisation of London in the nineteenth century, the road network quickly silted up. Through railway lines through the city had long been banned as it was considered too dangerous and unhealthy. When the authorities allowed railway lines into the city, there was hardly any space left, so the only available space left was underground. The Metropolitan Line between Paddington and Farringdon was the world's first underground railway.
The lines of the London Underground can be divided into two categories, depending on how the tunnels were built: sub-surface (below the surface) and deep level (deep). The sub-surface lines were first excavated and then covered. In many places, daylight penetrates them. These lines are about 5 metres below the surface and are the oldest lines of the Underground. Except for the East London Line (now part of the London Overground), they form one coherent and complex network, with lines in the centre sharing tracks with other sub-surface lines.
Almost sixty, but still wondering about man's journey through life. My photos have to speak - each of them has to say something in itself, that holds a small or a big truth. I try to make the small a little bigger and the big just a little.. Read more…