Before WW2 there was a plan to dramatically extend the London Underground miles into the surrounding countryside, far beyond the metropolis. The depression paused that plan and WW2 and the impoverishment of the country ended it. I hope someone writes a similar article about the unfinished transport system that we call the tube.
After nearly 100 years we've come full circle and the Elizabeth line is opening, connecting Reading and the town's West on London to the city through to Shenfield - although perhaps still not on the scale they originally pictured.
