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Description: | Keeping the trains running was a vital part of to London's war effort. As well as carrying people to work everyday, thousands of soldiers travelled to and from their postings by Tube.
Key London Transport offices were moved to underground locations to minimise the disruption caused by air raids. This picture was taken in the emergency headquarters of the Permanent Way department, which was responsible for track maintenance and repairs.
A tunnel at South Kensington station had been converted into temporary offices. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | 24 Oct 1939 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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