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.”
Helen says
An excellent idea. I could never understand why the French and German language instructions were removed from the “Stand on the right” signs on the escalators.