Paul Weaver wrote:
Regarding the victoria line, I'm still affected (I always carry a
torch) by an incident a couple of years ago, between Green Park and
Oxford Circus, where the driver deicded to turn the lights off for the
entire train.

I'm surprised the driver CAN turn the lights off on an underground
train. I guess you can make it clear when a train is out of service,
but what's the point (saving electricity?) otherwise?

I've been on trains into Kings Cross on GN with no lights, and the
Potters Bar/Hadley Wood tunnel is quite long (40 seconds) but now the
stock has glow-in-the-dark stickers, you don't feel particularly
concerned (especially as the lights will have been off from when the
train started - so you know it's going to go dark). By Finsbury Park,
the platform staff will tell the driver and you might get an apology.
It's happened maybe 5 times to me in 4 years, which I guess is quite
bad considering I'm only using one London bound train a day; so how
many are there that I don't see?

Jonathan