Posted: Sun 08 Aug, 2004 23.30
According to London Underground themselves:
http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/faq/tipsac.asp
"True air conditioning poses real, but not insurmountable, difficulties on an underground system, because of the problem of dissipating the heat produced. Tunnels can become dangerously over-heated and the temperature on platforms is likely to soar.
Only the most recent metro systems, those of Hong Kong and Singapore, have air conditioning on their trains and, even there, they are experiencing great difficulties in making it work. "
Also as it says, there is not enough space on a lot of the network for AC units due to the small size of the tunnels.
http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/faq/tipsac.asp
"True air conditioning poses real, but not insurmountable, difficulties on an underground system, because of the problem of dissipating the heat produced. Tunnels can become dangerously over-heated and the temperature on platforms is likely to soar.
Only the most recent metro systems, those of Hong Kong and Singapore, have air conditioning on their trains and, even there, they are experiencing great difficulties in making it work. "
Also as it says, there is not enough space on a lot of the network for AC units due to the small size of the tunnels.