‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle
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.
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This highlights the growing challenge of climate change adaptation in legacy urban infrastructure and the public health risks posed by extreme heat in densely populated transit systems.
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
Prefer the Guardian on Google As the escalator descends below ground at King’s Cross St Pancras station in London , the shift from what was already a hot station entrance to the furnace-like subterranean depths is perceptible.
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