29/30 November 1940: The London Underground on this day 75 years ago

Eighty-fourth day of the London Blitz.

District line services between Southfields and Wimbledon suspended for ten minute from 19:52 due to incendiary bombs on the adjacent Southern Railways tracks.^[1]

A guard by the name of Baldwin was hospitalised due to head injuries caused by shrapnel at South Kensington station at 00:45 on the 30th.^[2]

At 08:00 on the 30th, the following working conditions were reported:

New damage

None reported.

Changes

None reported.^[3]

Unexploded Bombs

Nil.^[4]

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^[1] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD2, 18:00 29/11/40 to 06:00 30/11/40, sheet 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1106]
^[2] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form D2, 18:00 29/11/40 to 06:00 30/11/40, sheet 2 [Kew: National Archives, reference AN 2/1106]
^[3] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - November 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 30/11/40, page 1 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/4]
^[4] Ministry of Home Security, Key Points Intelligence Directorate: Reports and Papers, Daily Reports - November 1940: Railway Situation Report at 08:00 30/11/40, page 3 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/4]

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