> This does, of course, emphasise even more your point about the British lack
> of distinction between "main-line" and "city-rail" (to use your terms). It
> can certainly be argued that, in London at least, the sub-surface railway
> companies (Metropolitan and Metropolitan District) that went into the LPTB
> in 1933 regarded themselves simply as "railway companies that happened to
> run underground for some of their mileage"
It should also be remebered that both the LNER and SR - both
undeniably 'main line' companies - ran actual tube trains. The SR
perhaps is the more famous with its Waterloo & City line, but less
well known are the LNER's 1938(?) stock which they owned for
operating stretches of what became part of the Northern Line. These
sets then went to London Undergroung, but ironically some have found
themselves back in 'main line' ownership as they went to the Isle of
Wight.
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