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The Guardian Environment·3 min read·medium

‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle

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Rosie Peters-McDonald
‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle
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London Underground commuters are facing extreme heat conditions that often exceed the legal temperature limits for transporting cattle. The aging infrastructure and deep tunnel design make it difficult for Transport for London to implement effective cooling solutions during increasingly frequent heatwaves.

The tube infrastructure is difficult to adapt because of its age and the surrounding clay. The tube infrastructure is difficult to adapt because of its age and the surrounding clay. London Underground ‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle The tube cannot easily be adapted to cope with heatwaves, making conditions almost unbearable

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