Tuesday 21 September 2010

21/22 September 1940: The London Underground on this day 70 years ago

Fifteenth day/night of the London Blitz.

Metropolitan line services between Baker Street and Edgware Road resumed at 09:30 on Saturday 21 September 1940, while those on the Northern line between Golder's Green and Brent (now Brent Cross) resumed at 12:00.[1]

Services reversed at Putney Bridge due to Delayed Action bomb (DA) at the west end of Parson's Green station on the District line, and at Woodside Park on the Northern line due to a DA a quarter-mile (800 metres) north of the station.[2]

[1] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD1, 06:00-18:00 21/09/40, sheet 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1104]
[2] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD2, 18:00 21/09/40 to 06:00 22/09/40, sheet 2 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1104]


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