Sadiq Khan is ‘worried’ about three London Underground lines (AFP via Getty Images)

London Mayor Sadiq Khan admits Transport for London are ‘concerned’ over the overcrowding still seen on Victoria Line, Jubilee Line and Central Line Tubes.

Khan claims that 55 per cent of London Underground Tubes are still running during the coronavirus lockdown but ‘record numbers’ of TfL staff are unavailable because they are displaying Covid-19 symptoms or are self-isolating.

There has already been a significant reduction in people using the Tubes since the lockdown began but Khan admits he is ‘worried’ by the number of people in close proximity on those three lines during rush hour.

‘What we’re doing is providing the maximum public transport we can with the staff that we have and we’ve seen on the Tubes a 94 per cent reduction in the number of people using the Tube and busses about 85 per cent,’ Khan told Sky News.




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‘But during rush hour there are pinch points, there are three lines in London that cause us some concern – Victoria Line, Jubilee Line and Central Line.

‘For those lines, those stations we’re worried because busses are decanting there or because commuter trains are decanting there.

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‘We’ve also got additional British Transport Police, TfL workers and others assisting us in relation to social distancing.

‘We’ve also made sure there are chevrons and markers on the ground to make sure people are aware what two metres means.

Sadiq Khan says overcrowding on Tubes is still a concern (AFP via Getty Images)

Sadiq Khan says there has been a 94% reduction in people using the Tube (AFP via Getty Images)

‘This advice isn’t optional, this advice are rules and instructions that people must follow.

‘Stay at home unless you have a really, really good reason to leave your home to get food, get medicine, to see a doctor, or if you really, really have to leave home to go to work.

‘There’s nothing dangerous per se in using public transport. We’re using anti-viral disinfectant, the stuff used in hospitals, the issue is social interaction, so the issue is because you’re in close contact with somebody else less than two metres you could catch the virus.’

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