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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

The Melt line: 1.5m Londoners brave the Tube and bus as heatwave hits new record

Hot Tube: Passengers braved soaring temperatures on the London Underground

(Picture: PA)

More than a million Londoners braved the Tube or bus on Tuesday morning as the capital headed for its hottest day on record.

There were 1.03m entries and exits on the Underground by 10am – suggesting just over 500,000 people made a Tube journey, despite advice to only travel if “essential”.

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