From Sunday, anyone caught drinking or even carrying, open containers of alcohol will be ejected from trains and buses.
Newly elected London mayor Boris Johnson introduced the ban in one of his first acts in office. Johnson said: "I firmly believe that banning the drinking of alcohol on London's public transport will create a better travelling environment for all Londoners and that if we drive out anti-social behaviour and so called minor crime then we will be able to get a firm grip on more serious crime."
The ban has been criticised by the railworkers' union RMT as another burden on its overworked members. The union's general secretary Bob Crow warned it could put staff in greater danger of assault.
The union's general secretary Bob Crow said "Violence against Tube staff is already a major problem, particularly from people who have been drinking, but now our members will be expected to approach people drinking and stop them or even remove them from the train or station," he said.
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