1 October

• 1860 – Victoria station opens as the terminus of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
• 1868 – St Pancras station opens as the London terminus of the Midland Railway.
• 1868 – Metropolitan Railway extends from Paddington (Praed Street) to Gloucester Road.
• 1868 – London, Brighton and South Coast Railway opens line from Peckham Rye to Sutton via Streatham.
• 1868 – Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway opens between Wimbledon and Streatham.
• 1873 – London and North Western Railway starts the first sleeper service from London to Glasgow.
• 1877 – Metropolitan Railway extends from Hammersmith to Richmond.
• 1884 – Metropolitan Railway and District Railway start services between St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) and New Cross and New Cross Gate over East London Railway.
• 1956 – A crash of an RAF Avro Vulcan attempting to land at Heathrow airport in poor weather kills 4.
• 1962 – British Rail goods services between Highgate and High Barnet stations end.

2 October

• 1874 – Liverpool Street station opens as the second London terminus of the Great Eastern Railway.

3 October

• 1964 – Northern line Highbury Branch closes between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park for conversion of tunnels for Victoria line use.

4 October

• 1793 – Birth of Charles Pearson, promoter of an underground railway for London.
• 1911 – First escalator opens at Earl's Court.
• 1975 – Northern line Highbury Branch closes between Old Street and Drayton Park for conversion to British Rail operation.

5 October

• 1964 – British Railways closes the Palace Gates Line to goods services.
• 1964 – British Railways closes the Harrow & Wealdstone to Belmont line.
• 1999 – Ladbroke Grove rail crash kills 31 when a train passes a signal at danger and collides head-on with another.

6 October

• 1827 – First Hammersmith Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1862 – London, Chatham and Dover Railway opens line between Elephant & Castle and Herne Hill.
• 1869 – Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1869 – Holborn Viaduct opens.
• 1884 – Metropolitan Railway and District Railway complete the Inner Circle by connecting Tower of London and Mansion House.
• 1884 – District Railway extends from Mark Lane to Whitechapel.
• 1957 – West London Air Terminal opens in a temporary building on Cromwell Road as a passenger check-in facility and coach station for British European Airways passengers flying from Heathrow Airport. Waterloo Air Terminal closes.
• 1960 – An out-of-service Northern line train runs into the end wall of the siding tunnel at Tooting Broadway injuring the driver.

7 October

• 1939 – Pullman carriages are discontinued on the Metropolitan line.

8 October

• 1940 – German bombs kills 9 at Charing Cross station and 1 at Embankment Underground station.
• 1952 – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 when three trains collide at Harrow & Wealdstone station.

9 October

• 1964 – District line services between Acton Town and Hounslow West end.
• 1975 – The IRA explodes a bomb outside Green Park station killing one.

10 October

• 1836 – London and Greenwich Railway extends from Spa Road, Bermondsey to a temporary terminus near London Bridge.
• 1971 – 'New' London Bridge re-opens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
• 2004 – Epping Ongar Railway starts operating as a preserved railway.

11 October

• 1984 – Wembley Central rail crash kills 3 when a passenger train passes a signal and collides with a freight train causing derailment.

12 October

• 1940 – A German bomb kills 7 at Trafalgar Square Underground station.

13 October

• 1940 – A German bomb kills 17 when it falls on Bounds Green station.

14 October

• 1844 – A large fire destroys carriage and engineer sheds and railway works adjacent to New Cross station.
• 1852 – King's Cross station opens as the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway.
• 1914 – The Royal Flying Corp starts to establish an aerodrome at Hounslow Heath.
• 1940 – A German bomb kills 66 when it ruptures a sewer and water main and floods the platform tunnels at Balham station.
• 1940 – A German bomb kills 5 at Camden Town station.

15 October

• There are no anniversaries today

16 October

• 1940 – A German bomb destroys the glass roof and the signal box of St Pancras station interfering with operations for several weeks.
• 1940 – A German bomb falls on the Circle line platforms at King's Cross St Pancras closing them until December.

17 October

• 1091 – A tornado destroys London Bridge and causes extensive damage across the City of London.

18 October

• 1942 – A crash near South Ruislip Underground station of an RAF bomber on final approach to RAF Northolt kills 15 on the plane and six people on the ground.

19 October

• 1940 – Metropolitan line services end between Latimer Road and Kensington (Addison Road).

20 October

• There are no anniversaries today

21 October

• 1896 – Death of James Henry Greathead, designer of the Greathead tunnelling shield.
• 1921 – London and North Western Railway War Memorial is unveiled outside Euston station.
• 2002 – Lots Road Power Station closes.

22 October

• 1933 – District line services end between South Harrow and Uxbridge.

23 October

• 1933 – Piccadilly line extends from South Harrow to Uxbridge.

24 October

• 1947 – South Croydon rail crash kills 32 when a signalling error causes two rush hour commuter trains to collide in fog.

25 October

• 1973 – Maplin Development Act receives Royal Assent authorising construction of London's third airport at Maplin Sands, Essex.

26 October

• 1912 – Woolwich foot tunnel opens under the River Thames.

27 October

• 1997 – Dredger MV Sand Kite runs into the Thames Barrier in thick fog and sinks on top of one of the open gates preventing it from closing.

28 October

• There are no anniversaries today

29 October

• 1986 – Official opening of the completed M25 motorway.

30 October

• 1956 – Official opening of the bus overhaul facility at Aldenham Works.

31 October

• 1950 – A crash of a British European Airways passenger plane landing in fog at Heathrow Airport kills 28.

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