Lurs.org.uk
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London Underground Railway Society
Description
THE LONDON UNDERGROUND SYSTEM
London's underground railway system is the oldest in the world, the first section having been opened between Paddington and Farringdon in 1863 by the Metropolitan Railway. Ever since those days of choking, steam operation, there has been almost continuous expansion and development of the system; from electrification, tube line construction and amalgamation to automatic operation of the Victoria Line, computer signalling and the driverless Docklands Light Railway. Now, the Central Line has been modernised, the Jubilee Line Extension is complete and new trains have been introduced on the Northern Line. The system is so extensive that there are still numerous reminders of the past to be seen and, due to London Underground's long established pride in its history, a great deal of interesting data is available, both published and unpublished.
THE LONDON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SOCIETY
The London Underground Railway Society exists to study all aspects of London's underground railways - past, present and future, including the Post Office Railway, the Docklands Light Railway, relevant sections of the national rail network and some long forgotten and bizarre ones in addition to the main system. The LURS was founded in 1961 and has been growing ever since. A monthly meeting is held on the second Tuesday of each month at Toynbee Hall, Aldgate, usually taking the form of an illustrated talk by a specialist speaker. Visits are sometimes organised to places of interest including London Underground installations such as depots, stations and some less well known parts of the undertaking.
Another interest covered is modelling. The Society has available information for modellers of London Underground including scale drawings and lists of suppliers of kits and spare parts.
