Public transport overheating?
Transport for London has set out what it's doing to cool tube, rail and bus services during the summer heat. However, London's newest "Boris Bus" has been blighted with reports of problems with air conditioning.
Transport for London has set out what it's doing to cool tube, rail and bus services during the summer heat. However, London's newest "Boris Bus" has been blighted with reports of problems with air conditioning.
We've recorded the temperature onboard a 38 bus between Grays Inn Road/Holborn and Essex Road, Islington this afternoon. Our Political Correspondent Simon Harris's tweets accompany each image.
On Friday, the Mayor Boris Johnson promised to fix the problem, and Transport for London claimed an 'army of engineers' would work throughout the weekend to get the air conditioning working.
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