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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

TfL spends almost £30m on 'rail grinding' to reduce Tube noise

Transport for London (TfL) has spent almost £30million combatting Tube noise over the last five years, City Hall data has revealed.

The transport authority has invested a continual flow of funding into rail grinding works, designed to remove the bumps and abrasions on the tracks that contribute to the screeching noises.

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