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Bank Tube station, 11th January 1941. On 11 January 1941, during The Blitz, 57 people were killed and 69 people were injured when a German bomb hit the Central line ticket hall.[5] The crater, measuring 120 by 100 feet (37 × 30 m), was covered with a Bailey Bridge for the traffic to pass over. The station itself was closed for two months. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/KEYSTONE ARCHIVES)