Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/12 July
- 12 July
- 1841 – London and Brighton Railway opens line from Norwood Junction to Haywards Heath via South Croydon and Redhill.
- 1875 – Metropolitan Railway opens its own station at Liverpool Street.
- 1921 – Harry Hawker, co-founder of Hawker Aircraft dies in an airplane crash at Burnt Oak after taking off from Hendon Aerodrome.