Category: Commuting

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  • The Essential Guide To Sleeping On The Tube

    The Essential Guide To Sleeping On The Tube

    Believe it or not, there’s an art to falling asleep on the London Underground.

    It might not look that difficult, but achieving a successful nap on the tube is actually a carefully honed skill, and one that takes years of practice to perfect.

    So to help you become a Tube Napping Pro, here are three common tube nap problems and how to solve them.

    Two men asleep on the tube
    image by Annie Mole via Flickr

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  • “Have a good day everyone. Driver, do your thing”

    “Have a good day everyone. Driver, do your thing”

    Delays, overcrowding, badgers on the line – when it comes to announcements on the tube – you probably think you’ve heard it all.

    If the BBC Two series The Tube is anything to go by, there’s no shortage of train drivers and station staff doing their best to put a smile on even the most hardened commuter’s faces.

    Whether it’s the driver making aeroplane noises as the train pulls into the station, or just a cheerful greeting from station staff like the one above, here are five of my favourite announcements passengers have heard on the tube.

    The tube
    Image by QSimple, via Flickr

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