Slower Tube trains to ‘iron out’ tracks causing noise complaints

  • last year
Tube trains could travel at slower speeds to “iron out” bumps in the track that cause excessive noise on the London Underground.Transport for London is to trial a “self-correcting” system after spending up to £50 million on partly failed efforts to reduce the “screeching” and rumbling suffered by passengers and residents.Five sections of the Northern line will be targeted from early next year — meaning slower off-peak journeys between Friday and Sunday.

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