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'Take a shower' says Tube boss
Last updated at 00:00am on 14.06.05
Commuters are being urged to think of others
London's Tube boss today urged passengers to "take a shower" to help fellow passengers cope in sweltering carriages.
Tim O'Toole, managing director of London Underground, believes this would help get travellers back on track to being more considerate.
In response to LBC 97.3 FM's Considerate Commuters campaign, he told the radio station: "I want to assure people that I only travel by the Tube and I always take a shower, but other than that I would certainly hope that during these summer months when it is very, very, warm and we are pressed very close together that to the extent people can practise personal hygiene it would help us."
And the Northern line, which has been plagued by delays, poses the greatest challenge to considerate behaviour, he claimed.
Mr O'Toole said: "Well, I don't like to brand any of my commuters as inconsiderate but I think it would be fair to say those who are given the greatest challenge by the asset failures pose the greatest challenge to considerate behaviour and right now that would be the Northern line."
