150th anniversary prompts London Underground investment calls

New Directions

London Underground marked its 150th birthday in January by operating steam trains along the original Metropolitan Line on selected days, but also by firing off another warning over a looming funding and investment gap.

The steam train operation was a delightful publicity opportunity for the world’s first such system, using a loco dating from 1898, hauling a recently restored wooden carriage found on a farm.

LU managing director Mike Brown took the opportunity to call for £12bn of...