Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/31 May


 * 31 May
 * 1915 – Metropolitan Railway completes "fast lines" between Kilburn and Willesden Green.
 * 1934 – A crash of an Air France transport aircraft into a navigation beacon shortly after take-off from Croydon Airport kills 2.
 * 1946 – Heathrow Airport opens as London's main Airport.
 * 1948 – Central line extends from to.
 * 1956 – The helicopter shuttle service between Waterloo Air Terminal and Heathrow Airport ends.
 * 1997 – British Rail closes the Elmers End to Addiscombe Line.
 * 2015 – TfL Rail begins services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield as the first stage of the Crossrail service implementation.