Central line at 5:45 PM in August is an open psychological experiment. 42°C inside the carriage, someone's damp armpit pressed against my temple, and the driver announces "minor delays due to a faulty signal" like he is ordering a pint.
Mate the Central Line has no air con and the clay tunnels have been absorbing heat since 1900. It is literally hotter than the legal limit for transporting livestock.
Wait is the cattle transport thing an actual law or an urban myth? Because I swear I heard the same about the Bakerloo line.
It's real. EU livestock directive 1/2005 limits transit to 30°C. Central line regularly hits 38°C. Pigs have more statutory rights than zone 1 commuters.
TfL announcement: "Please carry a bottle of warm tap water and suffer quietly."
Southern softies melting in a mild 28C ambient temperature.