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Due to an atomic bomb, tonight's 6.22 is delayed
LONDON
Saturday 21 April 2001
An atomic bomb attack in London would have caused some delays to evening train services, British government officials concluded in the early 1950s.
Most Londoners would still be able to get to work in the morning rush-hour, but buses might have to be commandeered to cover disruptions on the railways, according to government files released yesterday.
Double-decker buses would be used to ferry the homeless - estimated at up to 640,000 - from bombed-out central London to Wimbledon Common in the city's south-west suburbs.
There, they would be given a refreshing cup of tea and biscuits.
Such was the unlikely scenario predicted by the government planners, whose faith in the transport network is unlikely to be shared by modern-day commuters.
In the study, written in 1952 and based on four strikes in the London area, they predicted the capital would continue to function, although estimates of the number of dead and injured were kept secret. Gas supplies would be up and running again within hours, although services within 1.5 kilometres of the detonation site would have to be cut to reduce the risk of an explosion.
Some buses would provide a shuttle service between the centre and undamaged railway stations, and others would focus on getting workers home by road.
However, 500 buses could be withdrawn to ferry the homeless to Wimbledon.
"This could cause severe delay in getting the workers home," the officials advised, "though not, it is thought, more than Londoners would readily accept when they hear of the disaster and the task for which buses are withdrawn."
