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I feel like the London subway carriages are a lot smaller than subway carriages from other parts of the world; e.g South Korea. In addition, I’m not sure how go

I feel like the London subway carriages are a lot smaller than subway carriages from other parts of the world; e.g South Korea. In addition, I’m not sure how good the air circulation is in the tube as it doesn’t have the best reputation for having a good AC system. Hope this emboldens the British gov to make the necessary changes to the tube.

ectoplasmaboiii 6y ago
You should see the carriages on the glasgow subway... They're tiny!
samizdis 6y ago
Yes, they are smaller, but north of the border in Scotland, the Glasgow underground system runs carriages that are smaller still. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway
chrisseaton 6y ago
> I feel like the London subway carriages are a lot smaller than subway carriages from other parts of the world; e.g South Korea Well yeah - when were those built? Over a hundred years after the London one. > Hope this emboldens the British gov to make the necessary changes to the tube. What do you expect them to do? Re-bore all the tunnels? I'm not sure that's realistic.
closeparen 6y ago
AC on the cars is probably never going to happen, but they are thinking about dumping the heat out of the clay. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2010/07/air-conditioning-of-london-underground-reality-or-dream/ https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2010/07/air-condit...
rezeroed 6y ago
Trasnport For London was bailed out a month ago - whatever they do is going to be cheap and makeshift.
mchem 6y ago
See: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/central-line-temperature-london-weather-heatwave https://www.wired.co.uk/article/central-line-temperature-lon... By far the most articulate article I have read (so far) on the matter. As the other posters correctly state, it all boils down to the clay retaining heat, the tiny tunnels, and the age of the system. It’s a fascinating problem!
cranekam 6y ago
It doesn't have AC. The network is over 100 years old and built to a small loading gauge, which limits the size of the trains and ancillary like AC units. This is unlikely to change without absolutely vast sums of money being thrown at it.
f_allwein 6y ago
Air circulation is awful in the (smaller) Tube trains. I read somewhere that the tunnels heat up so much during the day because of heat from the trains that they don’t have time to cool down at night. Definitely unpleasant in the summer. The larger trains are getting fitted with air conditioning nowadays.

ectoplasmaboiii 6y ago

You should see the carriages on the glasgow subway... They're tiny!

samizdis 6y ago

Yes, they are smaller, but north of the border in Scotland, the Glasgow underground system runs carriages that are smaller still. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway

chrisseaton 6y ago

> I feel like the London subway carriages are a lot smaller than subway carriages from other parts of the world; e.g South Korea Well yeah - when were those built? Over a hundred years after the London one. > Hope this emboldens the British gov to make the necessary changes to the tube. What do you expect them to do? Re-bore all the tunnels? I'm not sure that's realistic.

closeparen 6y ago

AC on the cars is probably never going to happen, but they are thinking about dumping the heat out of the clay. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2010/07/air-conditioning-of-london-underground-reality-or-dream/ https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2010/07/air-condit...

rezeroed 6y ago

Trasnport For London was bailed out a month ago - whatever they do is going to be cheap and makeshift.

mchem 6y ago

See: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/central-line-temperature-london-weather-heatwave https://www.wired.co.uk/article/central-line-temperature-lon... By far the most articulate article I have read (so far) on the matter. As the other posters correctly state, it all boils down to the clay retaining heat, the tiny tunnels, and the age of the system. It’s a fascinating problem!

cranekam 6y ago

It doesn't have AC. The network is over 100 years old and built to a small loading gauge, which limits the size of the trains and ancillary like AC units. This is unlikely to change without absolutely vast sums of money being thrown at it.

f_allwein 6y ago

Air circulation is awful in the (smaller) Tube trains. I read somewhere that the tunnels heat up so much during the day because of heat from the trains that they don’t have time to cool down at night. Definitely unpleasant in the summer. The larger trains are getting fitted with air conditioning nowadays.