{"id":3393,"date":"2013-01-09T12:34:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T12:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2013-01-09T12:43:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T12:43:31","slug":"150th-anniversary-of-london-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/09\/150th-anniversary-of-london-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"150th Anniversary of London Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/150th-anniversary-of-london-underground\/metro-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3394\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3394\" title=\"london underground\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/metro.png\" alt=\"london underground\" width=\"670\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/metro.png 670w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/metro-594x400.png 594w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/metro-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on London Underground\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/london-underground\">London Underground<\/a>\u00a0is 150 years old today. On 9 January 1863 the first tube train embarked from Paddington station \u2013 and now the system transports 1,      107 million passengers each year,       employs 19,    000 staff, and serves 270 stations with a total of 426 escalators.<\/p>\n<p>There will be available special stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.Among the scenes on the 10 stamps are a steam locomotive, builders at work and a carriage of Edwardian passengers.<\/p>\n<p>They have been issued by the Royal Mail in celebration of the world\u2019s oldest underground transport network.\u00a0The London Mayor said they were \u201ca fitting celebration of London Underground\u2019s rich heritage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The stamps feature a contemporary lithograph of a steam locomotive on the Metropolitan Line near Paddington Station, a 1938 Tube train, reproductions of classic posters, and an image of Canary Wharf station.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/150th-anniversary-of-london-underground\/special-stamps\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3395\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3395\" title=\"special stamps\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/special-stamps.jpg\" alt=\"special stamps\" width=\"670\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/special-stamps.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/special-stamps-662x373.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/special-stamps-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>special stamps for the occasion of London Underground 150th anniversary\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/150th-anniversary-of-london-underground\/london_underground_-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3402\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3402\" title=\"London_Underground_\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1.jpg\" alt=\"london underground\" width=\"670\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1-593x400.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>London Underground<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/150th-anniversary-of-london-underground\/london_underground_1967_stock_interior\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3396\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3396\" title=\"London_Underground_1967_Stock_Interior\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1967_Stock_Interior.jpg\" alt=\"london underground\" width=\"671\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1967_Stock_Interior.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1967_Stock_Interior-587x400.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/London_Underground_1967_Stock_Interior-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Daily, thousands of people travel by this \u00a0historical underground<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0London Underground\u00a0is 150 years old today. On 9 January 1863 the first tube train embarked from Paddington station \u2013 and now the system transports 1, 107 million passengers each year, employs 19, 000 staff, and serves 270 stations with a total of 426 escalators. There will be available special stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.Among the scenes on the 10 stamps are a steam locomotive, builders at work and a carriage of Edwardian passengers. 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