Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the Underground railway.

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The population in the city of London expanded from the middle of the 18th century. London underground railway was set up to persuade people to leave the city and leave in garden suburbs to decongest and solve the housing problems in the city of London. it solve the housing problem of the city Partly. the...
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The population in the city of London expanded from the middle of the 18th century. London underground railway was set up to persuade people to leave the city and leave in garden suburbs to decongest and solve the housing problems in the city of London. it solve the housing problem of the city Partly. the people were afraid to travel in it because the atmosphere in the compartments was a mixture of sulphur, coal dust and foul fumes from the gas lamps above; so that people travelled were half-dead of asphyxiation and heat. it was criticized because it lead to demolishing of thousands of house also. read less
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London experienced rapid industrialization in the nineteenth century and the population grew four fold as people flocked in in search of jobs. Surface transport proved grossly inadequate to the congested and expanding city and the authorities realized that underground provided the ideal solution for...
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London experienced rapid industrialization in the nineteenth century and the population grew four fold as people flocked in in search of jobs. Surface transport proved grossly inadequate to the congested and expanding city and the authorities realized that underground provided the ideal solution for the growing city. read less
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The expansion of metro underground train. Was to relieve the urban conjestion in London being a crowded small narrow metrolpolis city2) to cater to rising industrial workers to reach iron & coal foundaries in time 3) to reduce pollution & sanitation conditions in Great Britain at that time.....
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The expansion of metro underground train. Was to relieve the urban conjestion in London being a crowded small narrow metrolpolis city2) to cater to rising industrial workers to reach iron & coal foundaries in time 3) to reduce pollution & sanitation conditions in Great Britain at that time.. it S apart of all metropolises across the world.. DrK S Velmurugan Pondicherry read less
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