{"id":23694,"date":"2018-10-27T22:41:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T21:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=23694"},"modified":"2018-10-27T22:41:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T21:41:41","slug":"numbers-of-commuters-fainting-on-london-underground-hits-alarming-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/numbers-of-commuters-fainting-on-london-underground-hits-alarming-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers of commuters fainting on London Underground hits \u2018alarming levels\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TfL<\/a>\u2019s data reveals close to 3600 commuters have fainted or felt faint on the London tube network\u00a0in the past two years. The most frequent time people faint is during morning rush hours between 8:00-8:59, especially on Mondays.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) described the number as \u2018alarming\u2019. Mick Cash, the general secretary of the union said it was \u2018no surprise\u2019 to see more commuters are passing out as \u2018overcrowding on Tube is a daily nightmare.\u2019 The RMT also criticised the transportation environment of the London Underground. People suffer due to the heat and the lack of air conditioning on trains.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crowded tube station | Source: ICL<\/p><\/div>\n

Northern, Central and Jubilee lines are the top three tube lines where people have passed out or felt faint, followed by Piccadilly line.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Piccadilly Station around 7 PM\/ Photo: Ai Chi<\/p><\/div>\n

King\u2019s Cross St Pancras station topped on the list of numbers of fainting over the past two years, following by Green Park and Liverpool Street station.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: TfL<\/p><\/div>\n

Latest performance<\/span> figures<\/span><\/a> on TfL shows passengers have taken nearly one billion journeys from last August to this September.<\/span><\/p>\n

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People were more aware of the problems on the network during the heatwave this summer. Temperatures on the trains rose above 35\u00b0C, which was beyond the EU limit of 30\u00b0C for transporting cattle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • A passenger\u2019s fainting experience this summer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Massive thanks to the lovely men on the @wlooandcityline<\/a> just now and the truly wonderful staff at Waterloo tube station for helping me when I fainted! Moral of the story – don't run for tubes in a heatwave \ud83d\ude13<\/p>\n

    — Ellis Emily Ford (@ellisemilyford_) July 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n