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Plaque

Leicester Square Station control room

Erection date: 1994

Inscription

Leicester Square Station control room, twinned with Times Square Station New York, opened spring 1994 by Mr. Denis Tunnicliffe, Managing Director London Underground Ltd.

Site: Leicester Square Station control room (1 memorial)

WC2, Leicester Square Underground Station, Control Room

In our photo the plaque can be seen, halfway down, to the right of the door. It's easily missed and we only discovered it through the very informative  app.

This control room was not the first: hold "Diary /log book from first Leicester Square station control room. Records daily operations from opening, in February 1935". The Museum also has a photo of "". And the BBC have a , at Victoria Station.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Times Square

Area of New York City, which is the centre of the Broadway theatre scene. It ...

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Transport for London / London Transport

This organisation has been a bit of a political football, often having its na...

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Denis Tunnicliffe

Pilot and railwayman. Co-pilot with the former British Overseas Airways Corpo...

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