Tube tips for women

21 October 2005

London Underground has this week launched a new leaflet entitled Tube Tips for Women which provides women with helpful advice on safe travel around London. The leaflets are now available in all Zone 1 Underground stations.

Tube Tips for Women, a leaflet produced by women for women, emphasises that the Underground is a safe, quick and reliable way to travel around the capital.

General travelling tips provided by the leaflet include:

• Advice for mums or mums-to-be for easy and trouble free
  journeys;
  
• Tips on staying safe whilst travelling on the Underground
  such as never leaving any bag unattended and reporting any suspicious or inappropriate behaviour to a member of staff;
  
• Recommendations on journey planning through TfL Journey
  Planner and the Tube Guru; and
  
• Suggestions for women having missed the last Tube on safe
  alternative transports options.

Liz Norris, Marketing Communication Manager at London Underground said: "We are delighted with the launch of Tube Tips for Women. This leaflet is really guidance given from women to women on safe travel around the city. We hope that the leaflet will ensure that women feel safe and comfortable travelling on the Underground network so that they can enjoy everything London has to offer".

For 24-hour information on all London travel, please call: 020 7222 1234 or visit TfL's website: www.tfl.gov.uk