Is noise from the tube disrupting your life? You are not alone.
Residents from all over London have been suffering a recent marked increase in noise from the tube. Some, who have been living in their flat for decades, describe it as "having a train right under our floorboards". Many have trouble sleeping, working and concentrating in their own homes. This damages their health and well being. The night tube now runs on a number of lines disturbs some people at all hours. What is causing the increase in noise? There are many possibilities but without clear answers from the engineers whose responsibility it is to maintain the system, we will not know.
TfL need to make the changes to comply with their own and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
If tube noise is disrupting your life, contact us to join our campaign to do something about it.
But be warned, we don't have easy solutions. This will require effort on your part if you want to make a change in your area.
We are ordinary Londoners much like you who are disrupted by tube noise in our own homes. Many of us tried to resolve this in a neighborly fashion with TfL. Many of us were told we were the only ones that were affected or that it was in our imagination. We are coordinating to try and get a solution.
Tube Noise groups have formed in:
Marylebone
Notting Hill
Seven Sisters
Highgate
Bethnal Green
Archway
Woodford Green
Covent Garden
South Wimbledon
Barbican
Camden
Kennington
Pimlico
...and probably many more we just don't know about. If you don't see your area in this list, consider forming your own to get a change.
We are reaching out our elected officials including: MP's, the Mayor of London, London Assembly members, local councils to petition them to press to get the tube noise back down to where it was before. We are also reaching our to other residents who are affected to raise the profile of this issue.
Write in if you want some guidance, but because this affects an area over all of London, expect to do some work if you want results.
Below is a map of locations where residents are affected by an large increase in tube noise. Many of us were initially told by TfL that we were the only ones complaining. This has been proven to be untrue. These are only the locations we know about from people reaching out on twitter and facebook. If you don't see your neighbourhood here? Please Contact us to add it.