[p10jkle]

There already is signal on many underground lines, and it’s pretty rare that people are playing things out loud in my experience?

[cm2187]

London, increasingly common. I’d say a third of the time when I take the tube. Combine that with people making loud calls, 100% of the time. But I find people imposing their music or tiktok videos more obnoxious than a builder discussing his next job a bit loudly.

[KaiserPro]

The tube is ~80db (depending on line) so you're not going to hear it anyway.

but, if I was mayor, I would be getting the transport police to have a word with phones on speakers.

[LightBug1]

A third of the time?

Sorry, nonsense. I use the tube several times a day and it's a real rarity.

I do worry about the tube becoming a cacophony of phone calls, but really? Everyone message now anyway so I reckon that'll be a rarity too.

[throw567643u8]

My daily train to/from London Bridge to West Croydon is borderline unbearable.

[hereonout2]

It's because phones speakers aren't loud enough to be audible over the sound of the tube itself!

It is noticeable on buses and overground when people play things out load, but to be honest quite rare in the grand scheme of things.

[LightBug1]

That's true. I made several complaints about that to TFL before capitulating and just settling for noise-cancelling headphones.

Never been happier.

The clincher was noticing that the drivers themselves had access to ear defenders ... TFL said that that's because they're down there for extended periods of time. Sounds reasonable but I'm not buying that as a way out of not fixing the issue and exposing my ears to the worst bits of the tube.

Also has the ancillary benefits of blocking out those rare times (for me) when people do have their phone on speaker or are having a chat I'm uninterested in.

[fennecbutt]

Welcome to the UK where citizens are so apathetic they don't care about aging infrastructure or government money being siphoned away.