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LU increases foreign language support on ticket machines

June 1, 2009 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

Transport for London has extended the range of languages available at London Underground touch screen ticket machines to include  Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu.

Observing that “more than three hundred languages are spoken in London”, Kulveer Ranger, Transport Director to the Mayor of London, said the change was “just another step in making life easier for those who live in, or travel through, the Capital.”

Wayne Trevor, LU’s Accessibility and Inclusion Manager, said: “Although many of our staff speak foreign languages, we have increased language translations on our ticket machines to make it easier and quicker for tourists and those from London’s diverse communities whose first language isn’t English to travel on the Tube.”

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