27/28 October 1940: The London Underground on this day 75 years ago

Fifty-first day of the London Blitz.

At 16:25 on Sunday 27 October 1940, services between Wood Lane and Ealing Broadway resumed with single line working on the eastbound track only.^[1]

Queens Road [now Queensway] Central line station closed at 17:30 due to an Unexploded Bomb in the vicinity.^[2]

Piccadilly line services resumed between North Ealing and Alperton at 19:15.^[2]

At 08:00 on the 28th, the following working conditions were reported:

Bakerloo line
Single line working Queens Park to Willesden (Kensal Green Tunnel).
Trafalgar Square station closed.

Central line
Single line working Ealing Broadway to Wood Lane (damage North Acton 25/10).

District line
Suspended Barking to Dagenham (damage 26/10).

East London line
Open for freight services only.

Metropolitan line
Suspended King's Cross to Farringdon Street.
Suspended Hammersmith to Ladbroke Grove.
Suspended Addison Road to Ladbroke Grove.

Northern line
Single line working Hendon to Edgware.
Single line working Warren Street to Strand [now Charing Cross].
Single line working Clapham Common to Clapham South.
Suspended Golders Green to Hendon.
Suspended Camden Town to Warren Street.
Suspended Strand to Kennington.
Suspended Clapham South to Tooting Broadway.
Angel station closed.
Camden Town station closed at night.

Piccadilly line
Suspended Wood Green to Arnos Grove.
Suspended Finsbury Park to King's Cross.^[3]

Unexploded Bombs

Category A

1. Hendon 17/10. All lines blocked London to Golders Green.

Category B

1. Latimer Road 21/10.
2. Angel 15/10.
3 Queen's Road [Queensway]. Station closed.^[4]

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^[1] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD1, 06:00-18:00 27/10/40, sheet 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1105]
^[2] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD2, 18:00 27/10/40 to 06:00 28/10/40, sheet 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1105]
^[3] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - October 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 28/10/40, pages 1-2 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/3]
^[4] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - October 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 28/10/40, page 3 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/3]

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