Tube Praise

Following my first blogish feature tube rant, my second London tube feature will be doing quite the opposite.

I decided to look on the sunnier side of commuting life and have compiled a cheery list of the tube's more positive features:

1.) The tube transports you from A to B. Quickly.

2.) It's quite cheap (providing you have an oyster card).

3.) Taking the tube is both quicker and cheaper than driving.

4.) The London Underground tube map is colour coded and easy to use.

5.) The London Underground isn't all doom and gloom; 55% of the network is above the ground.

6.) At New Year and other public events, the tube runs 24 hours a day.

7.) Transport For London staff have your best interests at heart; throughout the year they continue to tell customers to 'please mind the gap', and on the hotter days of the summer, announcements are made to remind people to stay hydrated and cool.

8.) Buskers frequent the platforms, tube carriages and escalator areas across London and can add music, joy and vibrance to the commuter's day.

9.) Short poems are often printed inside tube carriages, making for a literary and rhythmic journey. The Underground sponsers both Poems on the Underground and Platform for Art projects.

10.) Our Underground is the longest metro system in the world. There is 400km of track, and is one of the most used travel systems internationally.

Next week please tune in again for the last of my tripartite tube series.