What do we HATE about the London underground?

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antigone

i really hate the fact that it's so shaky- i've only been once in the tube and i could barely stand on my feet...

mel

I hate the commuters. They are so rude and inconsiderate.

I walk to work so am not one of these horrible commuters but occassionally find that I have to catch a peak hour tube (eg to the airport with big bags). In these situations, the commuters treat you like you are diseased and that you're so below them because you're not one of them.

And the people who don't have the sense to let people off before they try to push themselves on.

Bohemian

It doesn't drop me off at my home

spanishpaella

The woman who shouts 'can you move down please' at clapham common when everyone is crammed in like sardines.

And

The one who asked me to move out of her way so she could get off when the train was still moving along the tunnel!

LOL

I am surprised nobody said the staff!

Steve W

the air.. its very sooty

acidcrap

Smells like dirt and worm poop.

PinkMyst

The smell, the strikes, the delays, the fact you can never get a seat and it's crammed and your BOUND to get someone with smelly pits in your face with their arm up holding the bar at the top...It was soooo bad during the summer! Or people standing on your feet, or a drunk or mad person ranting and raving about life or little people in their head when you've had a long day and you just want to sit there quietly. When I was younger I used to wonder why people looked so sad or angry when they were on the train...I know better now...I'm probably one of them! Yesterday I had to wait for 3 trains only to have some woman staring at me wildly (obviously peeved that she wasn't in the comfort of her own home like she would have been on other days...the poor woman looked angry enough to BITE someone!) and then I had the same problem with my buses. It's just there are too many people travelling and at rush hour it isn't very pleasant. I mean there are days that it's fine and I love travelling I think trains and buses are great, I like to see where it can take me some times. It's great when it's not busy, in some way I find it quite theraputic, but I guess I like travelling ( most of the time anyway)

I mean we complain but without it...we'd be lost and late! It can be quicker than cars sometimes a 45 min journey got crammed into 20mins for me, depends where you start and where you want to go really. I think it's just we know money from Taxes and everything are going on stupid little statues that are worth thousands ( well I've seen a few anyway...but they're meaningless!) when money could be spent improving transport or pay for better teachers and equipment in schools...I was going to say the NHS but they obviously have enough money to be giving people like Nikki off BB boob jobs. I think if people were seeing results and improvements it'd be fine, there was a time it was getting better but it went back downhill.

Well that's my opinion on it anyway! Wow that's a long rant. Sorry! Lol.

Anyway have you heard the song about it? There is some profanity BUT I think it sums up the London underground quite well. if you type in 'london underground song' on yahoo it should come up it's on loads of sites if you don't open links.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bland1/london_underground_song.htm
Press play in the middle though however you get to it.

bringmesunshine is back!!!

The expense, for starters. I only come down 2 or 3 times a year so there is no point in getting an Oyster card. Plus, the heat on the coaches and they are always crowded with sweaty blokes in ties reading.

The bus system is unfathomable!

Ben H

They are putting antenae on trains so mobiles can be used underground, and not sorting out the air conditioning quickly enough

Andrew

the staff - they are RUDE -

Rose

People who push on before letting passengers off first. Rude f*******!!

London Underground has quite a good website and they frequently publish lists of what people love and hate about the tube.

One thing figured on both lists - people leaving their papers behind, and people NOT leaving their papers behind for others to read!!!

Hazza

The fact that many people go down, catch a train to the next station along, then leave the underground..

There are some instances where it's quicker to walk than it is to catch the tube.

caroline1409f1

Rude people (in any shape or form - loud music, pushing past you, lack of manners, feet on seats!), the heat, tourists who never seem to know where they are going and try to travel in rush hour, wheelie luggage! Pretty much like you said EVERYTHING - including the price and delays...

Jane S

the general scruffiness they look so shabby

Martin & Josie

Why not ask what we like about it? The list would be shorter!

My biggest gripe is being wedged between really sweaty people on a roasting day, and completely unable to get out at my stop.

Penfold

In commuter rush hour, I think it's mainly because of the overcrowding and delays, made worse by the idiots who stand at the top/bottom of escalators, get trapped in between doors when rushing for a train, insist on rolling wheelie bagage in the station, carry rucksacks on their backs when on the train, and pulling emergency handles when they realise the train is just leaving their station.
(Unfortunately the only thing London Underground do anything about is the delays but then the punters complain about station and line closures for repairs and upgrades.)
The tfl website (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/) has a ticker on its website providing a status of underground lines. It also has info on planned closures for the next 6 moths.

Footprints in the Sand VT

the total surrender to despair of the passengers, particularly on the Northern Line

bulan

Signal failure

We dont :) there are many good things about it

curiosity

I think the Underground is amazing but its pretty smelly,and dank, really cramped and loud at times

Jambo

Having to stand in a confined area with some of the ugliest people to have ever been spawned and have a very strong fragrance of B.O. And whilst all the pushing and shoving is going on trying to slowly creep closer to the seats so that you can swoop at any moment you are constantly lookin around for a suspicious character who u think may attempt to blow u up!

oadbywonder

The smell of P

carlos_frohlich

You should try use Rome-Italy underground.
Trust-me, London Underground is just Valhala (still bellow Paris Â§underground system).

Banwa

There are NO TOILETS unless you leave the tube and go up to a station and then you invariably have trouble using your ticket to go back down.

And the people who barge you out of the way on the escalators.

Oh and everyone else on it...

cheff57

i live there dont dis it