{"id":10696,"date":"2025-09-23T18:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=10696"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:15:07","slug":"checking-the-london-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/checking-the-london-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking the London Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>One way for Filipinos who are able to travel overseas can tell how bad our public transport system is, is by comparing the trains. We were invaded by White people in 1521, but \u2013 even now \u2013 we still only have three train lines.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag\/video\/7553223884246469906\" data-video-id=\"7553223884246469906\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@outragemag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag?refer=embed\">@outragemag<\/a> Check <a title=\"londonunderground\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/londonunderground?refer=embed\">#LondonUnderground<\/a> <a title=\"trains\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/trains?refer=embed\">#trains<\/a> in <a title=\"london\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/london?refer=embed\">#London<\/a>, aware it could be unsafe for <a title=\"lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbt?refer=embed\">#LGBT<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - Outrage Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Outrage-Magazine-7553223955025988368?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound  &#8211; Outrage Magazine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UK, as an example, has the London Underground. Managed by Transport for London, this started in 1863 as the world&#8217;s first underground passenger railway. It now has 11 lines with 250 miles (400 kilometers) of track, with its 272 stations serving around five million passengers every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a perfect system. Obviously, this is London-centric. It only serves the Greater London area, and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. This is like saying <em>na wala ngang<\/em> LRT or MRT <em>sa<\/em> Bulacan <em>o<\/em> Cavite <em>o<\/em> Antipolo <em>eh<\/em>, and this lack highlights the exclusion of those also in need of proper public transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at London\u2019s train system through the LGBTQIA+ lens is actually disheartening\u2026 particularly if we talk not only about possibly meeting <em>booking<\/em> while riding trains. In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londontravelwatch.org.uk\/news\/one-in-five-lgbtq-people-experienced-hate-crime-on-transport-network-in-the-past-year\/\">London TravelWatch<\/a> released a report that revealed that when LGBTQIA+ people used public transport:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One in five (21%) experienced hate crime in the past year while travelling on public transport in London<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four in five (82%) respondents changed their behavior or appearance to \u2018fit in\u2019 so they avoid abuse or harassment when travelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>65% of those who experienced abuse or harm when travelling in London said bystanders witnessed the incident but did not intervene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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And so this must always be considered to make sure all spaces are truly inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But off we go for more LGBTQIA+ <em>rampa<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK&#8217;s London Underground serves millions every day, an example of a working train system (that we do not have in the Philippines). Sadly, 1 in 5 LGBTQIA+ travelers experience crime while using it, and 65% did not merit support from bystanders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2222,110,1742],"class_list":["post-10696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-london","tag-travel-2","tag-travel-adventure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10706,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions\/10706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}