Saturday 21 November 2015

21/22 November 1940: The London Underground on this day 75 years ago

Seventy-sixth day of the London Blitz.

Failure of No. 6 points at St James’s Park – services suspended between St James’s Park and Charing Cross (now Embankment) from 15:52 to 16:40.[1]

At 08:00 on the 22nd, the following working conditions were reported:
New damage

None reported.

Changes

Metropolitan line – service restored Latimer Road to Hammersmith.[2]

Unexploded Bombs

Category A

Nil.

Category B

Nil.

Category C

Nil.[3]

[1] Railway Executive Committee: Files: Form RWD1, 06:00-18:00 21/11/40, sheet 1 [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 22/11/40, 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 22/11/40, page 3 [Kew: National Archives, reference HO 201/4]

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