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Posted 17 January 2018 - 03:10 PM

Independent Digital News & Media, London, UK 1/3/18:
 

Netflix, Deliveroo and terrorism blamed for huge dip in Tube passenger numbers

 

Figures show London Underground users dropped by 2 per cent in a year, meaning 4 million fewer people are travelling on the Tube

 

 

The number of people using the London Underground has dropped for the first time in more than 20 years as recent terror attacks in the capital deter passengers from making trips on the Tube.

 

Growing use of Netflix and Deliveroo are also believed to have prompted the decline in Tube passengers, as people increasingly get food delivered and watch films at home rather than travelling out to restaurants and cinemas.

 

Transport for London (TfL) figures show the number of people using the Underground has dropped by 2 per cent in the year to November 2017, amounting to four million fewer people travelling on the Tube.

 

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