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Description: | As well as maintaining a service throughout the Second World War, London Transport provided air-raid shelters for thousands of Londoners in its deep-level Tube stations.
The government originally prohibited this use of the Underground, but an estimated 175,000 people continued to take nightly cover by simply buying a platform ticket and refusing to leave. Gradually, sheltering arrangements became properly organised with the introduction of special admission tickets, bunk beds on the platforms, refreshments, and even libraries, music and live entertainment.
In order to prevent overcrowding and improve safety, London Transport published clearly defined rules and regulations in the form of posters, leaflets and rulebooks. This leaflet outlines the safety code for shelterers using Underground stations during air raids. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport London at War | Temporal: | December 1940 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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