A Metropolitan Murder (41 page)

A Metropolitan Murder
is, however, firmly set in 1864 – just twelve months after the opening of the Metropolitan Line. I must confess that this period particularly fascinated me, because the new railway was in a rather chaotic state. In 1864, Farringdon Station was still a temporary wooden structure; the tunnels had not yet been lit by gas; frantic work was taking place to extend the line to Moorgate, and to construct a new permanent station at Farringdon (the one we still use today). Also, 1864 was the year of the country's first actual ‘railway murder' – on the North London Line, approaching Highbury – which had passengers entering a blood-soaked carriage, and the discovery of a comatose body discovered by the railway line.

But that, of course, is an entirely different story.

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