11/12 November 1940: The London Underground on this day 70 years ago

Sixty-sixth day of the London Blitz.

At 19:03 on Tuesday 11 November 1940,

Services suspended between Putney Bridge and Southfield from 15:15 to 15:58 due to the explosion of a Delayed Action bomb.^[1]

District line services suspended from 16:40 to 17:02 between Mark Lane and the Minories Junction due to a barrage balloon cable across the track.^[1]

At 08:00 on the 11th, the following working conditions were reported:

District line
Whitechapel to Bromley now resumed.^[2]

Unexploded Bombs

Category A

Nil.

Category B

1. Latimer Road 21/10.
2. Dollis Hill 11/1, in rear of No. 3 Coopers ROad, 60 feet [27 metres] from the track - services not suspended.

Category C

Nil.^[3]

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^[1] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD1, 06:00-18:00 11/11/40, sheet 2 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1106]
^[2] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - November 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 12/11/40, page 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/4]
^[3] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - November 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 12/11/40, page 3 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/4]

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