Mrs Redboots wrote the following
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Robin May wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 1 Nov 2004:

Mrs Redboots wrote the

Obviously you never travel on the District line, then.

The buttons never work on the District line, the doors are always
opened by the driver. They stopped using those buttons years ago.

Hmm - never noticed it. Shows how observant I am..... and I was
using the District Line quite regularly a few months ago, too!

They still light up as if they work and a lot of people push them as
well. I think they don't realise that it doesn't make any difference.

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