Tower Subway

The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, close ? as the name suggests ? to the Tower of London. Its alignment runs between Tower Hill on the north side of the river and Vine Lane (off Tooley Street) to the south. It was the world's first underground tube railway, though not the first underground railway.

Related Topics:
Tunnel - Thames - London - Tower of London - Tower Hill - First underground railway

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The tunnel is named a subway not due to the American English definition, equivalent to underground rapid transit, but due to the Commonwealth English usage, describing a tunnel in general.

Related Topics:
Subway - American English - Rapid transit - Commonwealth English

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