"Robin Mayes" wrote in message .. .
"Nick Cooper 625" wrote in message
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"At the foot of the escalator to the Central London railway there are
two steel doors for the prevention of floods giving access to each
side of the tube platforms. These doors were open and the main
casualties were those sheltering at the foot of the escalator, who
were blown through the doors against the wall of the tube opposite.
Had these doors been shut, the technical officer of the Transport
Board advises that the blast might have blown in the sides of the tube
tunnels."

The bomb in question smashed through the road at Bank junction and bounced
from the ticket hall down the escalators. Several city workers have tried to
simulate the latter part of the bomb's path, usually on a Friday night.

And creating far more damage, no doubt.

Jokes aside, the bomb actually exploded in the escalator machine room
and the blast went down the escalators, as well as upwards, removing
most of the road junction about the ticket hall. Something similar
happened at Trafalgar Square.