RM Archive
FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
100 YEARS AGO
APRIL 1922
Over a billion passengers use Underground railway THE report issued for the working of the London Underground Electric Railway, which includes the three tramway companies associated with it, reveals the astounding figure of 1,293,500,000 passengers carried during the year 1921. London’s Underground is easily the largest traffic undertaking. Over 81 million of the total were workmen and another 57 million were season-ticket holders.
It is not generally known that London’s Underground, apart from its railways and motor-bus services, owns and leases over 123 miles of tramway track in Greater London. The profits of the Underground for 1921 were stated as £2,650,000.