Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/12 July


 * 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.