Best way to protest against bad London Tube service?

Question

I am appalled of the Tube service. Life-draining on business days and a true hell on weekends, when we are supposed to enjoy our well deserved leave. Entire lines suspended, escalators not working, delays, rubbish everywhere, horrible loudspeakers... treated as criminals with threatening posters about not touching out, and 98 or more of people comply!!, as the same poster states. Everything underlined by steady rising prices.
Any creative ideas on how to effectively protest against such incompetence?
"Don´t use it", to me, seems a weak option, this is a public service I need to use, and with the prepay schemes they have most of the money already.
Every day there is something on the papers about the tube, every day somebody in the office receives the "tube treatment". And, to me, it seems it will get worse before 2012.

Answer 1

Make sure that you claim under the Customer Charter for ANY time you are delayed by more than 15 minutes. More people should do this - less than half a million have done (see link to london underground blog), yet there have been many more delays than this.

You might also want to join London Travelwatch a consumer group which claims to be the local champion for the london's commuters.

Answer 2

Try living some where rural where there only two buses a day. I think the Tube and all the other transport systems in London are fantastic. I can catch a bus, tube, tram or train every few minutes throughout the day and all through the night as well and I consider it cheap too.

Answer 3

You're right, the easy answer is boycott, but I sympathise with your principles. So the obvious answer is publicise your complaints - write to the London press i.e. The Evening Standard or the local TV company. If your complaints hold water you can start a mass protest. Remember the poll tax riot? People power x

Answer 4

different than for the Victoria Line, maximum tube line are above floor and purely tunnel underground close to needed London and the West end and hence is exspose to the climate of the climate. this implies that there will be snow and ice on the rails to boot as factors freezing, are of which will reason delays

Answer 5

Perhaps if you go to live in some other city then you may appreciate the London tube.

Answer 6

best way to protest?

use the bus