Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/1 May


 * 1 May
 * 1844 – London and Croydon Railway and South Eastern Railway open Bricklayers Arms station as an alternative terminus to London Bridge station.
 * 1857 – North and South Western Junction Railway opens line from South Acton to Hammersmith & Chiswick.
 * 1860 – Great Western Railway starts passenger services between Southall and Brentford Town.
 * 1864 – Mid-Kent Railway opens the New Beckenham to Addiscombe Line.
 * 1883 – District Railway extends from to Hounslow Town.
 * 1907 – Great Western Railway opens Denham to Uxbridge High Street branch line.
 * 1939 – A collision between trains at Farringdon station injures 45.
 * 1960 – Death of Charles Holden, architect of 55 Broadway and many London Underground stations.
 * 1968 – British Rail closes the freight only Merton Abbey branch line.
 * 1970 – The Port of London Authority closes its remaining dock railway system.
 * 1979 – Jubilee line opens between and  taking over Bakerloo line services between Stanmore and.