This Is How Dirty The Seats Are On The London Underground

    You probably won't mind giving up your seat on the tube after seeing this.

    Inspired by this video from January 2012 showing the amount of dust that accumulates on a bus seat, Time Out magazine decided to conduct the same experiment on the London underground.

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    Armed with a plastic mallet, staff headed out on to each of the tube lines to show how dirty the carriages really are.

    The results are below:

    Bakerloo line

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    Northern line

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    Victoria line

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    Piccadilly line

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    Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan lines

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    District and Circle lines

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    Central line

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    Jubilee line

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    You can watch the full Time Out video in all its glory here:

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