1905 (circa) One of a series of comic cards set on the District Railway, which was up and running by the autumn of 1905, carrying electric trains between East Ham in one direction to Wimbledon, Richmond, Hounslow, Ealing and South Harrow in the other. With this line, the underground's long-held reputation for slowness, dirt and unreliability was swept away - although commuters had to learn the skill of 'straphanging' during rush hours© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection