Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/12 July

1841 – London and Brighton Railway opens line from Norwood Junction to Haywards Heath via South Croydon and Redhill.
1875 – Metropolitan Railway opens its own station at Liverpool Street.
1921 – Harry Hawker, co-founder of Hawker Aircraft dies in an airplane crash at Burnt Oak after taking off from Hendon Aerodrome.

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