Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/3 August

1920 – Central London Railway extends from Wood Lane to Ealing Broadway.
1926 – The first electric traffic light in Britain is installed at Piccadilly Circus. It was manually operated by a police officer.
1963 – Erection of the Umbrella road deck over Oxford Circus begins to allow the excavation for the new station concourse below the junction.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.