What is the oldest metro city in the world?

Which city boasts the worlds first underground railway system?

London, hands down, boasts the world's first underground railway. I remember thinking about that, squished on a Northern Line train, one chilly November day in 2018, heading from Camden Town to Trafalgar Square.

It’s like, kinda wild, to think its original underground line first opened way back in 1863. I always get a bit mixed up with the dates, like was it 1863 or later that the electric ones came.

Yeah, the first electrified underground line, that was later, in 1890. It's a proper testament to Victorian engineering, just feels so old school yet still somehow works, y'know. I mean, mostly.

My first proper ride, July 2005, stepping onto that rumbling platform at South Kensington, felt like entering a subterranean history book. The air, thick with a unique blend of metallic dust and ancient history, it was palpable.

I bought my Oyster card near Victoria Station that trip, probably paid, oh, twenty quid for it then. Navigating the maze, feeling a bit lost but also thrilled, that’s London.

It’s not just a transport system; it’s a living, breathing relic. Not like those shiny, new metros elsewhere. This one has character, scars even, from over a century and a half of carrying folk.

Honestly, it's pretty impressive. Sometimes I wonder how they even built it all with the tools they had back then, just picks away at my brain. Definitly not a small feat.