REF. NO. | DENOMINATION | DESCRIPTION | NO.ISSUED | CONDITION | VALUE |
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Share Capital | |||||
101 | Consolidated ordinary stock | ? | ? | – | – |
106 | 4% perpetual preference stock | ? | ? | – | – |
111 | 4% irredeemable preference stock | ? | ? | – | – |
116 | 4% preference stock | ? | ? | – | – |
121 | 4% new preference stock | ? | ? | – | – |
Loan Capital | |||||
101 | Debenture stock | ? | ? | – | – |

Metropolitan Railway Company
Incorporated on 7th August 1854
A re-incorporation of the North Metropolitan Railway of 1853. The mixed gauge line opened in 1863 as the first underground railway in the country. It was extended and adapted for electric traction in 1905, later amalgamating with the Undergound Electric Railways Company of London in 1933.
Original capital £1,000,000 and loans £333,000.
Total authorised capital in 1890 £9,491,943 in stock and shares, £3,566,492 in loans.
1854