28/29 October 1940: The London Underground on this day 75 years ago

Fifty-second day of the London Blitz.

At 16:05 on Monday 28 October 1940, Central line services resumed between Wood Lane and Ealing Broadway.^[1]

At 08:00 on the 29th, the following working conditions were reported:

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

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

Piccadilly line
Suspended Finsbury Park to King's Cross.
Suspended Wood Green to Arnos Grove.^[2]

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

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

Unexploded Bombs

Category A

Nil.

Category B

1. Latimer Road 21/10.
2. Angel station 15/10.^[3]

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^[1] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD2, 18:00 28/10/40 to 06:00 29/10/40, sheet 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1105]
^[2] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - October 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 29/10/40, pages 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/3]
^[3] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - October 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 29/10/40, page 3 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/3]

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