Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/1 September

1 September

• 1866 – Cannon Street station opens as the City of London terminus of the South Eastern Railway.
• 1887 – Metropolitan Railway extends from Pinner to Rickmansworth.
• 1892 – Metropolitan Railway extends from Chalfont & Latimer to Aylesbury.
• 1913 – Metropolitan Railway takes over the Great Northern and City Railway.
• 1939 – Great Western Railway ends passenger services on Denham to Uxbridge High Street branch line.
• 1968 – Victoria line opens between Walthamstow Central and Highbury & Islington.