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City tube travel crashes 90% amid Covid crisis

Bank station sees usage drop by nearly 400,000 people per day

Commuters ride on a London Underground train on the Piccadilly Line in London
Commuters ride on a London Underground train on the Piccadilly Line in London Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Footfall across the City’s tube stations has crashed to as little as 10% of its pre-crisis level, figures provided to Financial News show.

Data disclosed by Transport for London under the Freedom of Information Act show that in the first week of March last year, before lockdown measures were introduced, Bank station registered around 413,000 entry taps and 383,000 exit taps across Oyster and other contactless payment cards.

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