{"id":557422,"date":"2025-11-08T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557422\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:41:11","slug":"petition-for-women-only-tube-carriages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557422\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition For Women-Only Tube Carriages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A petition calling for Transport for London (TfL) to introduce women-only carriages on the London Underground has gained over 13,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>A UCL student, Camille, 21, who grew up in London, started the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/sadiq-khan-introduce-women-only-carriages-on-tfl-underground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change.org<\/a> petition on 30 September. <\/p>\n<p>The campaign page states: \u201cPublic harassment of women on the London Underground is a growing issue, and TFL\u2019s approach is failing \u2014 we always see it, we do say it, but it\u2019s still not sorted. That\u2019s why I\u2019m calling for Sadiq Khan to introduce women-only carriages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The petition demands the immediate introduction of \u201cat least one dedicated women-only carriage on every Tube line\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At London Bridge station, women gave their views on the petition.<\/p>\n<p>Ciara, 28, who works as a project manager, was in favour of the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cEspecially on the night tubes. I don\u2019t get intimidated easily but a group of guys, especially if they\u2019re a bit drunk and rowdy, can be quite intimidating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou generally feel safer surrounded by other women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessica, a 27-year-old tech consultant, said: \u201cI think it would be more comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t had any experiences but it\u2019s definitely just the eyes and stuff. The behaviour makes you uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But these women had concerns over whether the plan could realistically be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Ciara said: \u201cI think it would be really hard to monitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there going to be someone from TfL on each carriage or are there going to be police officers? I don\u2019t know if that would make women feel any safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessica said: \u201cPeople have a hard enough time getting on during peak hour, so I think it would be hard to enforce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would make women more uncomfortable if it wasn\u2019t being enforced and then men were invading the space that was for women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/London-Underground-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"London Underground Harassment Sign\" class=\"wp-image-161125\"  \/><strong>CONSEQUENCES: TfL poster about assault on the underground. Photo credit: Madeleine Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But not every woman was in favour of introducing single-sex carriages.<\/p>\n<p>Anca, a 44-year-old doctor, asked: \u201cIs it necessary?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel safe as it is now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Muslim. Muslim women may love such an idea. This is a mixed country and we\u2019ve got different religions here. When in Rome, you be as Romans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read our interview with Camille about her petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swlondoner.co.uk\/news\/28102025-tfl-held-responsible-as-petition-for-women-only-tube-carriages-passes-12000-supporters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Feature image: Dan Roizer on Unsplash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A petition calling for Transport for London (TfL) to introduce women-only carriages on the London Underground has gained&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[34744,748,393,4884,51920,257,594,64807,14252,5549,1264,1263,1261,16,15,1292],"class_list":{"0":"post-557422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-assault","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-harassment","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-london-underground","15":"tag-petition","16":"tag-sadiq-khan","17":"tag-safety","18":"tag-tfl","19":"tag-transport","20":"tag-tube","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-women"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115514604696190657","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}