Metropolitan Railway (English Wikipedia)

Sources differ about the running of the first 'inner circle' services. Jackson 1986, p. 56 says the operation was shared equally, whereas Lee 1956, pp. 28–29 states the Met ran all the services. Jackson, Alan (1986). London's Metropolitan Railway. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8839-8. Lee, Charles E. (1956). The Metropolitan District Railway. The Oakwood Press. ASIN B0000CJGHS.
Lee (1956), p. 7. Lee, Charles E. (1956). The Metropolitan District Railway. The Oakwood Press. ASIN B0000CJGHS.
Betjeman, John (1954). A Few Late Chrysanthemums. John Murray. ASIN B0000CIW48.

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The company promoted itself as "The Met" from about 1914.^[1] The Railway is referred to as "the Met" or "the Metropolitan" in historical accounts such as Jackson 1986, Simpson 2003, Horne 2003, Green 1987, and Bruce 1983. Jackson, Alan (1986). London's Metropolitan Railway. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8839-8. Simpson, Bill (2003). A History of the Metropolitan Railway. Volume 1: The Circle and Extended Lines to Rickmansworth. Lamplight Publications. ISBN 1-899246-07-X. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5. Green, Oliver (1987). The London Underground: An illustrated history. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4. Bruce, J Graeme (1983). Steam to Silver. A history of London Transport Surface Rolling Stock. Capital Transport. ISBN 0-904711-45-5.
Horne (2003), p. 24. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), pp. 7–8. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), pp. 6–9. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 12. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 15. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), pp. 10–11. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 17. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), pp. 18–19. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), pp. 20–21. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), pp. 24–25. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 27. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 28. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 29. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 26. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. x. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 30. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 34. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 51. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Rowley (2006), pp. 206, 207. Rowley, Trevor (2006). The English landscape in the twentieth century. Hambledon Continuum. ISBN 1-85285-388-3.
Horne (2003), p. 37. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 42. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 38. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 58. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), pp. 58–59. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 47. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 49. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.
Horne (2003), p. 22. Horne, Mike (2003). The Metropolitan Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-275-5.

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Green (2004), introduction. Green, Oliver, ed. (2004). Metro-Land (British Empire Exhibition 1924 reprinted ed.). Southbank Publishing. ISBN 1-904915-00-0. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

bluebell-railway.co.uk

"The history of the carriages". Bluebell Railway. 14 January 1996 – 14 January 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

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"Sir Myles Fenton" in Leading Men of London (London: British Biographical Company, 1895), p. 153

brc-stockbook.co.uk

"Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T No.1". Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

brent.gov.uk

"Neasden Village Conservation Area". Brent Council. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
"Willesden Green Conservation Area". Brent Council. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

british-history.ac.uk

Walford (1878). Walford, Edward (1878). New and Old London: Volume 5. British History Online. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

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"Grand Central Railway Terminus". The Times. No. 19234. 12 May 1846. p. 8. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
"Metropolitan Railway Projects". The Times. No. 24729. 30 November 1863. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

infotrac.galegroup.com

"Metropolitan Railway Termini". The Times. No. 19277. 1 July 1846. p. 6. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

ghostarchive.org

Adams, Stephen (15 July 2009). "Suburbia that inspired Sir John Betjeman to get heritage protection". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

kesr.org.uk

"No 100 London Underground Coach". Coaching Stock Register. Kent and East Sussex Railway. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

ltmcollection.org

"Metropolitan Railway A class 4-4-0T steam locomotive No. 23, 1866". ltmcollection.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive No. 5, "John Hampden", 1922". ltmcollection.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
"Metropolitan Railway electric stock trailer carriage, 1904". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

ltmuseum.co.uk

For example
"Discover Forgotten Metro-land" (PDF). Buckingham Railway Centre. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
"Steam back on the Met" (PDF). London Transport Museum. May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
"Project 353". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
"Past Events – tube 150". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

rhrp.org.uk

cs.rhrp.org.uk

"Metropolitan District Four (eight??) wheel First (body) built 1864". Vintage Carriages Trust. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

screenonline.org.uk

"Metro-Land (1973)". Screenonline. British Film Institute.

southbankpublishing.com

Green (2004), introduction. Green, Oliver, ed. (2004). Metro-Land (British Empire Exhibition 1924 reprinted ed.). Southbank Publishing. ISBN 1-904915-00-0. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

spavalleyrailway.co.uk

"Stock List". Spa Valley Railway. 3 November 2009. (listed under coaches). Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

telegraph.co.uk

Adams, Stephen (15 July 2009). "Suburbia that inspired Sir John Betjeman to get heritage protection". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

thegazette.co.uk

"No. 21386". The London Gazette. 30 November 1852. p. 3480.
"No. 21497". The London Gazette. 25 November 1853. pp. 3403–3405.
"No. 21581". The London Gazette. 11 August 1854. pp. 2465–2466.
"No. 22529". The London Gazette. 12 July 1861. pp. 2871–2872.
"No. 22537". The London Gazette. 9 August 1861. pp. 3314–3315.
"No. 22450". The London Gazette. 23 November 1860. pp. 4479–4480.
"No. 22532". The London Gazette. 23 July 1861. pp. 2997–2998.
"No. 24121". The London Gazette. 11 August 1874. pp. 3966–3967.
"No. 24751". The London Gazette. 12 August 1879. pp. 4899–4899.
"No. 22915". The London Gazette. 25 November 1864. pp. 5830–31.
"No. 22974". The London Gazette. 30 May 1865. p. 2807.

vintagecarriagestrust.org

"Metropolitan Railway Nine Compartment Third No. 465". Vintage Carriages Trust. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

visionofbritain.org.uk

"Total Population". A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth/Jisc. 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2012.

web.archive.org

"Metropolitan Railway A class 4-4-0T steam locomotive No. 23, 1866". ltmcollection.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T No.1". Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
For example
"Discover Forgotten Metro-land" (PDF). Buckingham Railway Centre. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
"Steam back on the Met" (PDF). London Transport Museum. May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
"No 100 London Underground Coach". Coaching Stock Register. Kent and East Sussex Railway. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
"Project 353". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
"Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive No. 5, "John Hampden", 1922". ltmcollection.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
"Past Events – tube 150". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
"Metropolitan Railway electric stock trailer carriage, 1904". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
"Stock List". Spa Valley Railway. 3 November 2009. (listed under coaches). Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.