Sunday, October 11, 2009

Revellers' farewell to Tube alcohol

Hundreds of revellers took to the London underground to give drinking alcohol on the Tube a send-off to remember.

An alcohol ban, announced by new London Mayor Boris Johnson, has come into effect on the Tube, London buses, Docklands Light Railway and tram services across the capital.

Drinking from - and carrying - open containers of alcohol has been banned. Party-goers clutching copious quantities of alcohol met at Liverpool Street Station's west-bound Circle Line platform.

Londoner Matt Wynn, 43, a banker, said: "I've come along with a bottle of champagne because I want to show that you can drink responsibly on the Tube and not cause trouble. It's going to be a bit of a stop-start evening, though, because there are no toilets on the Tube."

Tara Harrison, 26, from Australia, said: "When I heard about it, I had to come along.

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