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In 1873 Greathead became resident engineer on the Hammersmith extension railway and the Richmond extension of the Metropolitan District Railway, a post which he held for four years.

After this he assisted in the preparation of the Regents Canal Railway ( 1880 ), the Metropolitan Outer Circle Railway ( 1881 ), a new London-Eastbourne line ( 1883 ) and in various light railways in Ireland ( 1884 ).

Also in 1884, Greathead was engaged as engineer on the London ( City ) & Southwark Subway, later the City & South London Railway ( and now part of the Northern Line ) which was, when it opened in 1890, the world's first underground electric railway.

In 1888, he became joint engineer with Sir Douglas Fox on the Liverpool Overhead Railway and also worked with W. R. Galbraith on the Waterloo & City Railway.

His final work was on the Central London Railway with Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker.