The 163-Year-Old Subway Mystery - A Time Capsule Frozen in Brick 🧱🚉

The Victorian engineering behind the world’s first tube station. 🚇🇬🇧

Opened on January 10, 1863, Baker Street Station is part of the original Metropolitan Railway line, making it a living time capsule. Long before electric trains, this network relied on steam-powered locomotives. To keep passengers from suffocating, Victorian engineers designed these iconic high brick arches punctuated by open-air light wells to vent toxic soot and steam out of the tunnels.

Credit: Footage via public archival records / r/interestingasfuck

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