British civilians taking shelter in the London Underground, WW2, 1940

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I would be scared as heck to lay on the rails. Don't care how much the trains were not running.
- Yeah feel like it's similar to don't look down the barrel of an unloaded gun. Sure, there's not supposed to be a bullet in there, but the risk if you're mistaken is too great. There's not supposed to be a train coming down those tracks, but would be pretty bad if there was.
  
  Aldwych station was apparently closed during the war. Anyway, I’m pretty sure someone would have had a look before running a train down there.
- Or it would be running really fast to get into cover.
ur not supposed to step beyond the yellow line, it is dangerous. I hope they were arrested
- I'm not seeing a yellow line here, so they should be good.
  
  But still, mind the gap.
Even with everything going on, you can see a bunch of people smiling.

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