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The London Underground (start) in 1863, when Victorian engineers and workers (build) the Metropolitan railway. 

This railway line (go) from Paddington Station to Farringdon Street Station, and steam engines (pull) the coaches. 

Eight more lines (open) since then, the world’s first underground electric railway (open) in 1890. 

This line (go) from the City of London to Stockwell in South London.

The most modern line is the Jubilee line, which (open) in 1977.

Since the London Underground (begin), many other cities, such as New York and Moscow (build) their own systems.