Suicide on the London Underground

A Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson has commented, "people fall into them and the train rushes on overhead… but that's not to say they don't get maimed".

[2] A more recent and more effective safety mechanism is platform screen doors (PSDs), which separate passengers from the track, removing the opportunity to jump under an oncoming train.

[5] There was a provision for PSDs on the Northern line extension to Battersea, but in the event they were not installed in the stations by the time they opened in 2021.

[1] In the 1990s, those who survived suicide attempts were often charged with offences such as "endangering safety on the railway" and "obstruction of trains with intent".

The worst-affected station was King's Cross St Pancras while the numbers for the decade by line were:[17] In 2010, at a cost of £800,000, TFL opened the West Ashfield training facility, a special staff training centre on the third floor of its Ashfield House, West Kensington.

[19] However, a joint venture between TfL and the developers of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre plans to regenerate the area, shutting down the historic Lillie Bridge Depot along with Ashfield House by 2024.

[21][22] In 2008, the comedy film Three and Out was released, about a Tube train driver who is told that if he witnesses three suicides in a month, he will lose his job, but will receive a large amount of money.