BBCThe Victoria line is the most popular on the London Underground, information from Transport for London (TfL) reveals.
The common platform temperature throughout 2023 was 28.2C though between June and October, the typical was above 30C.
The following warmest strains have been the Central (26.7) and Bakerloo (26.0C) with the air-conditioned Circle, Hammersmith & Metropolis, District and Metropolitan strains the good (19.3C).
TfL says it has “eliminated warmth from our station and tunnel setting by putting in new air flow or cooling options” together with doubling the capability of its 13 air flow shafts on the Victoria line.
In 2013, the Victoria line’s common temperature was recorded at 21.9C – that means temperatures have risen greater than 6C in a decade.
Platform temperatures on the Tube are routinely monitored utilizing information loggers, in line with TfL.
Ten years in the past, the Bakerloo, Central, Piccadilly and Northern and features have been the warmest Tube strains however all with common temperatures under 26C.
London Overground and Elizabeth line figures weren’t included within the response to a Freedom of Info request, which confirmed there have been 49 complaints final yr in regards to the temperature being too excessive.
Fifteen folks complained in regards to the Tube being too chilly.
Nick Dent, TfL’s director of buyer operations, stated: “We’re working laborious to make sure our transport companies stay resilient within the face of extra excessive and frequent sizzling climate occasions.
“We now have applied vitality environment friendly options on new trains, which save vitality and reduces the warmth generated.
“This consists of air con, which now covers 40% of the Underground community, enhanced tunnel air flow techniques on each the Victoria and Jubilee strains, and on the Central line we’ve got put in photo voltaic reflective materials on prepare roofs and movies on home windows to maintain the carriages cooler.”
