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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Busy Tube and Overground station latest to be hit by fire brigade ban on 'community book swap' scheme

A Tube and Overground station in east London has become the latest to have its “community library” removed – despite Sir Sadiq Khan promising to prevent the loss of passenger book exchanges.

Blackhorse Road station, which is served by the Victoria line and London Overground’s Suffragette line, was one of many London Underground stations that had a bookcase used by commuters to share second-hand books.

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