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Anniversaries in June

1 June

• 1864 – London, Chatham and Dover Railway extends from Elephant & Castle to Blackfriars Bridge.
• 1877 – District Railway extends from Hammersmith to Ravenscourt Park where it connects to the London and South Western Railway and extends to Richmond.
• 1910 – District Railway starts an excursion service over the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from Barking to Southend.
• 1910 – Metropolitan Railway begins operating Pullman carriages on selected trains between Baker Street and Amersham, Aylesbury, Chesham or Verney Junction.
• 1916 – Passenger services through the Snow Hill tunnel end.
• 1919 – The Royal Air Force turns over Hounslow Heath Aerodrome to civilian use.
• 1964 – British Rail goods services between Finsbury Park and Edgware stations end.
• 2000 – A Real Irish Republican Army bomb explodes on Hammersmith Bridge closing the bridge for traffic for two years.
• 2016 – Tramlink routes appear on the standard Tube Map for the first time.

2 June

• 1902 – District Railway extends from Whitechapel to Bromley-by-Bow and connects to the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway.
• 1902 – District Railway extends over the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway to Upminster.
• 2002 – First articulated buses operate in London.

3 June

• 1889 – District Railway extends over London and South Western Railway from Putney Bridge to Wimbledon.
• 1900 – City and South London Railway extends from Stockwell to Clapham Common.
• 1903 – Great Western Railway opens first section of New North main line and the Greenford branch line from Old Oak Common to West Ealing via Greenford.

4 June

• 1816 – First Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1838 – Great Western Railway opens from its London terminus at Paddington station to Taplow.
• 1901 – South Eastern and Chatham Railway extends Chipstead Valley Railway from Tadworth to Tattenham Corner.

5 June

• 1839 – London and Croydon Railway opens line from Southwark to West Croydon.

6 June

• 1921 – Current Southwark Bridge over the River Thames opens.

7 June

• There are no anniversaries today

8 June

• 1902 – Underground Electric Railways Company of London takes over the Metropolitan District Electric Traction Company, owner of the District Railway.

9 June

• 1883 – Death of Lewis Cubitt architect of Bricklayers Arms and King's Cross stations.
• 1978 – Airlink, a helicopter shuttle service between Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, begins operations.
• 2006 – East London line closes between Whitechapel and Shoreditch.

10 June

• 2000 – Millennium Bridge over the River Thames opens.

11 June

• 1887 – Second Hammersmith Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1972 – Eltham Well Hall rail crash kills 6 when a train derails when taking a curve too fast due to driver error through intoxication.

12 June

• 1908 – Rotherhithe Tunnel opens under the River Thames between Limehouse and Rotherhithe.
• 2005 – Heathrow Connect services begin between Paddington and Heathrow Central stations.

13 June

• 1864 – Metropolitan Railway extends from Paddington (Bishops Road) to Hammersmith.
• 1905 – District Railway extends from Acton Town to South Acton.

14 June

• 2014 – New Terminal 2 opens at Heathrow Airport.

15 June

• 1906 – Baker Street and Waterloo Railway extends from Marylebone to Edgware Road.

16 June

• There are no anniversaries today

17 June

• 1871 – Brill Tramway extends to Wood Siding.

18 June

• 1817 – Original Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1972 – A crash of a BEA passenger plane at Staines due to pilot error kills 118.

19 June

• There are no anniversaries today

20 June

• 1839 – Eastern Counties Railway opens between a temporary terminus at Devonshire Street and Romford.

21 June

• 1898 – A wave from the launch of HMS Albion at Leamouth collapses a stand occupied by spectators, leading to the drowning of 34 people.

22 June

• 1907 – Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens between Charing Cross and Golders Green and Archway.
• 1922 – Great Eastern Railway War Memorial unveiled at Liverpool Street station.

23 June

• 1903 – District Railway extends from Ealing Common to Park Royal & Twyford Abbey.
• 1998 – Heathrow Express services begin between Paddington and Heathrow Central and Heathrow Terminal 5 stations.

24 June

• There are no anniversaries today

25 June

• 1837 – Birth of Charles Yerkes, chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London.

26 June

• 1968 – Neasden Power Station closes.

27 June

• There are no anniversaries today

28 June

• 1857 – Lewisham rail crash kills 11 when a train runs into the rear of another near Lewisham station.
• 1903 – District Railway extends from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey to South Harrow.
• 2008 – Transport for London buys Tramtrack Croydon Limited PFI operator of Tramlink network.
• 2012 – Emirates Air Line cable car begins operating over the River Thames between Greenwich Peninsula and Royal Docks.

29 June

• 1984 – London Transport Executive is replaced by London Regional Transport.
• 2015 – Terminal 1 closes at Heathrow Airport.

30 June

• 1879 – Metropolitan Railway extends from Swiss Cottage to Finchley Road.
• 1894 – Tower Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1947 – Central line extends from North Acton to Greenford.
• 2003 – Oyster card tickets are launched to the general public.

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