So this hot weather here in the U.K has finally cooled down giving us all some kind of respite plus of course lots of rain and flooding. Even our house here took quite a while to cool down. Just coming in from the shops yesterday our front hallway entrance was still containing heat that has built up over the last few weeks. And they say that the warm weather will return next week.
But something that frustrates many Londoners is why in 2018 we simply don't seem to have the technology to keep our London Underground cool at the height of Summer. And the worst Tube Line as everyone will tell you is The Central Line. In a London heatwave the Central line is pure Hell! Okay so I made up the picture below, but I'm surprised travellers don't vandalize Station signs on this Line. And yet every other few years London Underground tell us that they might have a solution but nothing ever comes out of it. Last week while travelling about on the Tube I risked a section of the Central Line and I saw several commuters carrying digital thermometers and taking pictures of the readings, no doubt for their twatter and Fussbook pages. In fact several of the pictures can be seen online. Here's one below. |
Yes, NYC subway trains are deliciously cool. I could not believe how hot The Underground was in London, never mind how so many people seemed to put on a scary face. Like, don't even think of speaking to me. People here also put up with poor and overcrowded public transport and don't talk to each other usually, unless you are my mother in days of old who would engage the whole carriage with her theatrics.
ReplyDeleteIt is a difficult problem to retro fit aircon to London trains because they are such a tight fit in the tunnels. Apparently Boris Buses had some kind of cooling system, that was totally ineffective. The only cooling is proper air conditioning. Even the cold countries on the continent are now getting air conditioned public transport for their hot times.
I like the building on the left, whichever that one is.
The very staged photo of the bloke on The Tube looks too muscular for my taste. Nice enough looks and good hair though.
Andrew, I wonder if you managed to avoid a heatwave when you visited us. That's when the Underground is unbearable.
ReplyDeleteYou do wonder if anything can ever be done about the problem. I wonder why they didn't take into account a possible
ventilation problem when the tunnels were first built.
I assume that your Melbourne Trams are quite cool during your hot Summers.
I did see a group of frisky teen boys taking their tops off in a rather hot carriage, probably out of frustration
in a cheeky rebellious sort of way, like they were saying well if you can't air these trains then we're gonna strip off.
But yes that hunky model looks a bit set up. I haven't been on that site for a while. Maybe the guys there are not my type.
Oh the building on the left is of course The London Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe.
I note Heathrow still has winter problems when hundreds of flights are cancelled or disrupted because of ice on the runway. It has been going on for years but nothing has been done about it. Yet H is one of the busiest airports in the world. - Ian
ReplyDelete32.78°c where I live everyday. Burned my feet walking barefoot to the mail box. Our rainy season seems extra wet this year. The government downgraded the number of hurricanes a few weeks ago. On the day one hurricane and two tropical depressions twirled around. As Washington says Fake Weather. Has the Queen deloused the furniture, had someone remove the smell of bullshit after Trumps visit? So sorry the old girl had to endure 45 minutes with Trumpanzee.
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