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Night watch (night maintainance on the Underground)

1 Jan 1949

390 Night Watch WHEN the last train has gone and London Transport stations are lacked a new activity begins under London. For four short hours, and sometimes even less than this, the engineer has possession of the tracks. Every inch of the way must be inspected; all repairs — some unexpected but the majority routine for rails wear out just as certainly as roads — must be completed in time for the new day's traffic. So the current is switched off, the fluffers, or cleaners, climb down on to the track, the inspection trolleys are lifted on to the rails.
Civil Defence Region
Region 5: London
Collection ID
HATOM
Document Reference
HATOM/4/427
Document Types
Ephemera
File Reference
HATOM/4
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.hatom.000004.427
Keywords
Advertising Buses Depots Employment Engineering Infrastructure Labour Supply Motor Vehicles Public Transport Publicity Publicity Campaigns Railways Roads Traffic Trams Transportation Working Hours
Language
English
Note
Advert located in middle section of page.
Pages
1
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
History of Advertising Trust: O&M wartime book no 4
Themes
Industry Infrastructure Transport Travel