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The London Underground

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The London Underground
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	7.91

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	challenging words:		aboveground, air-raid, highly-traveled, outlying, underway, necessity, trench, steam-powered, originally, newly, rails, disruption, pedestrian, system, design, beginning
	content words:		London Underground, Metropolitan Railway, Sir Marc Brunel, Thames River, During World War II

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The London Underground By Sharon Fabian

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¹     The London Underground is the world's oldest subway system. Today it carries three million passengers every day. It has 275 stations and, with over 250 miles of railways, it is one of the world's longest subway systems. It has come a long way from its beginnings in 1863.
 
²     In that year, the Metropolitan Railway opened the first line of the subway running between Paddington and Farringdon. Its first route was about four miles long. The train itself was steam-powered. Its rails ran underground at some points and aboveground at others. With a steam-powered engine, aboveground sections were a necessity for venting the smoke and steam. The subway had originally been authorized back in 1854, but due to financial problems and other delays, nine years had passed before the line was ready for passengers.
 
³     The day the subway opened for business was an exciting day. It was a big event. That first day, an amazing 30,000 passengers lined up to take a ride.
 
⁴     That was just the beginning. The underground railway system became both useful and popular. As the demand for more lines increased, more lines were built.

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