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London Underground was a pioneer in the development of automatic train operation (ATO).    This article describes the system and its development.

Contents

The Metropolitan - The District - Metropolitan Expansion - Electric Traction & the Tube - Tunnelling Methods - Electrification of the Circle - More Tube Lines and the LER - Improvement and Expansion - London Transport 

The Metropolitan

The first underground railway in the world started with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway between Bishops Road, Paddington and Farringdon on 10th January 1863.  At the Paddington