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The London Underground: time for a thorough clean-up?
T he London Underground was for decades the envy of every capital city in the world. Forty year old trains were powered by electricity from a polluting oil fired power station. Tobacco smoking was permitted at stations and in some carriages. Levels and composition of dust on The Tube had been measured, and found to contain a variety of toxic substances including quartz from brake blocks, but co...
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Aims and Method Suicidal acts on underground railway networks are an area of public health concern. Our aim was to review recent epidemiological patterns of suicidal acts on the London Underground to inform future preventive interventions. Data from 2000 to 2010 were obtained from the British Transport Police via a Freedom of Information request. Results The mean annual rate of suicidal acts fr...
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At the end of 1989 a new ticket issuing and collection system, including automatic gates at 63 busy central stations, was brought into full operation on the London Underground. One of the system's principal objectives, a reduction in fare evasion, appears to have been achieved. The results of before-and-after surveys undertaken by the management of the Underground suggest that fare evasion has ...
متن کاملThe London Underground: dust and hazards to health.
AIMS To assess hazards associated with exposure to dust in the London Underground railway and to provide an informed opinion on the risks to workers and the travelling public of exposure to tunnel dust. METHODS Concentrations of dust, as mass (PM2.5) and particle number, were measured at different underground stations and in train cabs; its size and composition were analysed; likely maximal e...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: WLBforum
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2747-7290,1615-3820
DOI: 10.53458/wlbf.v21i1.133