https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/tube-hottest-lines

The hottest lines to travel on the Tube
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/tube-hottest-lines

heat live liveblog transport tube weather

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The hottest lines to travel on the Tube

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/tube-hottest-lines
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-07-29T12:27:44.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-07-29T12:39:53.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:30:55.301Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: heat, live, liveblog, transport, tube, weather
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-49109437?ns_linkname=5d397c1e60d03c06558a6d49%26The%20hottest%20lines%20to%20travel%20on%20the%20Tube%262019-07-25T10%3A33%3A59.782Z&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:6bbad09f-702e-4103-9016-5fa12b7dd0cd&pinned_post_
• Size: 475 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# The hottest lines to travel on the Tube

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/tube-hottest-lines/master/tubelinesliveblog.png)

On July 25 as the BBC's liveblog reported on the country's heatwave, the BBC Data Unit contributed a quick story on the  hottest lines to travel on the Tube.

## Get the data

* Transport for London: [London Underground Average Monthly Temperatures](https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-underground-average-monthly-temperatures) - [CSV: Average monthly evening peak temperatures by line](https://data.london.gov.uk/download/london-underground-average-monthly-temperatures/b01c7853-fff2-4781-9755-9b5e1404d78c/lu-average-monthly-temperatures.csv)

* CSV: [Average temperatures recorded in July 2017, by tube line](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/tube-hottest-lines/blob/master/IDT_Data_x29es.csv)

## Visualisation

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/tube-hottest-lines/master/hottesttubelines.png)

* Bar chart: Hottest Tube lines (average temperatures recorded in July 2017)

## Related repos

* The Data Unit also [contributed an update to the same liveblog on the places in the UK with the most ice cream vans](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/ice-cream-hotspots)