The Tube is busier and performing better than ever according to the latest email to hit our inboxes.

4.17m journeys were made on Friday 9 December, 24.9m people used the Tube during the week ending Saturday 10 December while between 16 October and 12 November the Tube carried 94.6m people, 4m more than the same period last year.

The number of trains running, 97.5%, is up by 1% on the previous period, the amount of lost customer hours is down by 63,000.

I guess that makes the above infaltion fare rise feel a whole lot less painful to all you out there in the real world…….

If anyone left an iPad on a train going to EPP Thursday night I handed it to the Station Super at LES though by now it’s probably on it’s way to the Lost Property Office.