London Underground suffers massive overcrowding

The London Assembly has just released a report, noting that more than eighty percent of the passengers who use the underground trains feel that there is immense overcrowding in the London underground.

Many have reported needing to mentally gear themselves up to travel via the underground on account of massive overcrowding on trains and on the platforms.

Recommended in the report was the installation of some type of assessment system which gauged how busy the trains were, so that passengers could make an informed decision of either getting on that train or waiting for another one. The report was duly forwarded to the Transport for London(TfL) office.

TfL has responded by stating that already, billions of pounds worth of developmental changes are in the pipeline. The underground network will see various changes such as increase in train size and frequency, change in layout so that people could reach from the stop to the levels faster. Also, larger stations are planned to allow people more room in the underground network.

Also mentioned in the report was traveler-behaviour in rush hour traffic. Many were found to be avoiding seats to old people or pregnant women, with most pretending to not notice. Another characteristic mentioned was that many passengers often required a distraction from the crowded scene. Behaviours such as listening to music on headphones or focusing on a less crowded spot were recorded.

As TfL is looking around for a solution, many people who use the London underground to travel to work, have to inconvenience themselves greatly while travelling in highly over crowded trains to get to work on time or have to arrive to work incredibly early to avoid the rush hour.