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04-18-2016, 02:33 PM
Londoners are having a very London response to this new Tube rule
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LONDON — Commuters in London are being asked to disobey one of the key rules of the Underground: Keeping to the right on escalators to allow others to walk down them. And predictably they are having **ne of it.*
Transport for London (TfL) is trialling the new "standing only" rule for three weeks at Holborn Tube station in a bid to improve congestion and stop bottlenecks. Under the new regime, passengers are asked **t to walk up two escalators at the busy station.
SEE ALSO: This Tube map shows why renting in London has become unaffordable (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/tube-map-renting-london-unaffordable/)
A similar experiment in **vember 2015 reduced queuing by 30%.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/holborn-tube-standing-only-trial/)
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LONDON — Commuters in London are being asked to disobey one of the key rules of the Underground: Keeping to the right on escalators to allow others to walk down them. And predictably they are having **ne of it.*
Transport for London (TfL) is trialling the new "standing only" rule for three weeks at Holborn Tube station in a bid to improve congestion and stop bottlenecks. Under the new regime, passengers are asked **t to walk up two escalators at the busy station.
SEE ALSO: This Tube map shows why renting in London has become unaffordable (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/tube-map-renting-london-unaffordable/)
A similar experiment in **vember 2015 reduced queuing by 30%.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/holborn-tube-standing-only-trial/)
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