Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/14 October

1844 – A large fire destroys carriage and engineer sheds and railway works adjacent to New Cross station.
1852 – King's Cross station opens as the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway.
1914 – The Royal Flying Corp starts to establish an aerodrome at Hounslow Heath.
1940 – A German bomb kills 66 when it ruptures a sewer and water main and floods the platform tunnels at Balham station.
1940 – A German bomb kills 5 at Camden Town station.