London Underground Records Busiest Day In History, So We Offer Some Alternatives

'Peak London' appears to have been reached, after Transport for London announced that the Tube recently broke its record for the most passengers using the system in one day.

Some 4.735 million people used the London Underground on 9 October, breaking the previous record of 4.734 million, recorded last November, according to the Evening Standard.

Official figures have also revealed that the total number of journeys by Tube have risen by a third since 2001.

With such high numbers, overcrowding and cramped Underground carriages are now commonplace on the network.

So The Huffington Post UK has some suggestions for avoiding the crush…

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