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Andy Beill

Talking Point: Is a slower Tube worth the noise reduction?

A passenger photographs the arrival of a Northern Line tube train

(Picture: Reuters)

The latest attempt to resolve noisy Tube lines will involve testing trains travelling at slower speeds to fix the tracks.

Five areas of the Northern line will be used to trial whether corrugated rails can be smoothed by the trains themselves. However, there is no guarantee the engineers’ idea will sort the problem.

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