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The tube is pretty bad. Many lines have grime floating in the air that deposits on skin & clothing and turns your snot black. Often a very long walk pavement to platform. Frequent delays from suicide attempts because its old so no track doors and the designs of stations are depressing. Overworked and underpaid staff.



> the designs of stations are depressing

Surely this is subjective? The station designs by Leslie Green and Charles Holden in particular are highly regarded.


Gonna dispute pretty much all of that but in particular there are not frequent delays due to suicides.


So, did some research. TFL have not released hard figures in recent years, but it appears the delays due to jumpers are significantly down from their past near-daily occurance because of the installation of "suicide pits" to catch jumpers under many platforms and training staff to intervene when they spot a distressed person on the platform.




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