Left: The Queen became the first reigning monarch to travel on the Tube when she opened the Victoria Line on March 7, 1969 – buying her own ticket and boarding at Green Park, the nearest stop to Buckingham Palace. She drove the train from Green Park to Oxford Circus, then returned ‘on the cushions’ to Green Park.
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Right: In 1976, the Queen visited Wolverton Works to sign the acceptance book for new Royal Train.
PHIL MARSH COLLECTION
Above: Flanked by BR Chairman Sir Peter Parker (left) and the Chairman of Merseyside County Council Sir Kenneth Thompson, the Queen unveiled a plaque at Moorfields station on October 25, 1978 to mark the completion of the Merseyrail Underground System.
PATRICK KINGSTON
The new Royal Train was launched in 1977 for The Queen’s Silver Jubilee year tour, and she is pictured at Euston about to board for the inaugural trip to
Glasgow.
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