Bethnal Green tube station

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Bethnal Green () is a London Underground station in Bethnal Green, east London, England. It is on the Central line between Liverpool Street and Mile End stations¿ It is open 24 hours on a Friday and Saturday, as part of the Night Tube service. The station was opened as part of the long planned Central line eastern extension on 4 December 1946. It was used previously as an air-raid shelter. On 3 March 1943, 173 people, including 62 children, were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter; it was believed to be the incident with the largest loss of civilian life in the UK during the Second World War.

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