Metropolitan Railway Company

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:Met
gptkbp:category	gptkb:History_of_the_London_Underground Defunct railway companies of the United Kingdom
gptkbp:ceased_operations	1933
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:firstLine	Paddington to Farringdon
gptkbp:founded	1854
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Metropolitan Railway Company
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:London_Passenger_Transport_Board
gptkbp:notable_rolling_stock	gptkb:A_Class_steam_locomotives gptkb:Metropolitan_Railway_electric_multiple_units
gptkbp:notableEvent	electrification of lines (early 20th century) extension to Buckinghamshire first underground passenger train (1863) introduction of electric traction
gptkbp:notableFor	first underground railway in the world
gptkbp:notableStation	gptkb:Aldgate gptkb:Baker_Street gptkb:Chesham gptkb:Harrow-on-the-Hill
gptkbp:openedFirstLine	1863
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:London
gptkbp:publicTransit	underground railway
gptkbp:route	67 miles (at maximum extent)
gptkbp:servesArea	Metropolitan area of London
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:London_Underground
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:original_Metropolitan_Railway_stations
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6