Question

when and where was the London underground railway started? how did the underground help in solving the housing problems.

Answer 1

Underground railways were able to solve transport problems as well as housing crisis. 

(i) The underground railways carried a large number of people to and from London and solved the transport problem. 

(ii) The labour could live in suburbs only as housing was not affordable in London, and they can easily travel to their work place with railways. 

(iii) The underground partly solved the housing crisis and carried large masses of people to and from London . 

(iv) The population in the city became more dispersed

Answer 2

the London underground system did not only resolve the housing crisis but also carried mass of people to n from the city.
the first underground system in the world open on 10th January 1863 between paddington and farrington in London.