Surely there's some kind of scale for measuring how packed a tube carriage is? There is now - we've just invented it!
Geoff hops onto the Northern line to show you exactly how it works, and now you can rate your journey as to how busy your carriage actually is.
Half points also possible, e.g.
"I was on a 2.5" - Two of the sections are filled up, but it's just you in the third section, or ...
"I was on a seven and half this morning", where you CAN read a newspaper, but people keep tutting and bumping into you.
The full scale is:
0 - An empty carriage
1 - Just you! In a carriage all to yourself
2 - More passengers than just you, but not all three 'compartment' areas occupied
3 - All three 'compartment' areas are now occupied
4 - All three areas heavily occupied, but seats still free, but with no one standing
5 - There are still a few seats free, but people have chosen to stand
6 - All seats are now gone, and there are several people standing
7 - Many people standing but still room to hold a newspaper
8 - Many more people standing, only room to hold a small book/smartphone
9 - Squashed in too close to people to be able to hold anything
10 - it's so tightly packed, you wouldn't fall over if the train braked sharply
11 - Not even able to get onto the train...
14 дек 2016