The Victoria Line has been named as the hottest line on London Underground, with average platform temperatures reaching over 28 degrees in 2023.
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00:00The Victoria Line has been named the hottest line on the London Underground, with temperatures
00:06having increased by almost a third in a decade according to Transport for London data. The
00:13average platform temperature across 2023 was 28.2 degrees celsius, although between June
00:20and October the average was 30 degrees. The next warmest lines were the Central line at
00:2626.7 degrees and the Bakerloo at 26 degrees, with the air-conditioned Circle, Hammersmith
00:33City and District and Metropolitan lines the coolest at just 19.3 degrees. TfL says it
00:41has removed heat from our station and tunnel environment by installing new ventilation
00:47or cooling solutions, including doubling the capacity of its 13 ventilation shafts on the
00:54Victoria Line. For more on this, head to londonworld.com