Editing Oxford Circus (section)

==Tube station==
[[File:Oxford Circus Tube Station Entrance.jpg|thumb|One of the entrances to [[Oxford Circus tube station]]]]
The [[Oxford Circus tube station|tube station]] opened on 30 July 1900 when the first section of the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] opened. A connection to the [[Bakerloo line]] opened on 10 March 1906; the station was modified below ground to accommodate this.{{sfn|Wolmar|2005|p=173}}{{sfn|Horne|2001|p=17}}

For five years from 1963 as part of connecting the tube station to the [[Victoria line]], the road surface was carried on a temporary 850-ton umbrella bridge, accommodating all four directions of travel while work continued underneath.{{sfn|Day|Reed|2010|p=161}}<ref name=londonist>{{cite web|url=https://londonist.com/london/5-secrets-of-oxford-circus|title=5 secrets of Oxford Circus|work=Londonist|date=14 November 2016|access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> This was dismantled on 12 April 1968.<ref>{{cite news|title=BY A STAFF REPORTER. "'Umbrella' bridge is removed#|newspaper=The Times|date=13 April 1968|page=2|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS34696845/TTDA?u=kccl&sid=TTDA&xid=1c704400|access-date=13 February 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1976, a {{convert|20|lb|adj=on}} bomb planted by the [[Provisional IRA]] was detected at the station and successfully defused.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTawDQAAQBAJ&q=%2213+February+1976%22+oxford+circus+bomb&pg=PA374 |title=London: Bombed Blitzed and Blown Up: The British Capital Under Attack Since 1867 |page=374|isbn=9781473879027 |last1=Jones |first1=Ian |date=31 October 2016 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/newsid_2543000/2543605.stm|title=IRA Link|work=BBC News|date=15 March 2008|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref> The station was badly damaged by [[Oxford Circus fire|fire]] in November 1984, but there were no fatalities.{{sfn|Bartlett|p=32}}
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