TfL Tube passengers air their biggest gripes including not taking your backpack off and annoyingly leaning against the pole | London Evening Standard
Sarah Rodriguez
Updated on March 25, 2026
Another traveller summed up instructions for the Tube to a prospective tourist who will visit later this year: "Backpacks off, don't lean on poles, stand on the right hand side, walk on the left up escalators, don't lean on poles, don't put anything on spare seats, don't stop moving unless you're clearly in a space off to the side nobody will use."