A lot of people with luggage if they're getting on a crowded train
don't bother squeezing all the way through to put their luggage in
the correct place , they just dump it where they stand. And despite
what the political correctness Taliban would have us believe , sod all
wheelchair users ever use the tube. Certainly I don't ever remember
seeing more than 2 of them in 10 years of commuting on the system.


There are very few wheelchair users on the tube, but I have certainly seen
more than that, as I am on the Jubilee line extension, about the only part
of the tube that is actually wheelchair accessible. There aren't any
accessible Victoria line stations now, so I would be amazed if any use it at
present.

But there are plans for several major station reconstructions which will
include disabled access, some of which will be on the Victoria line, so the
space might be more useful in the future that it would be now, and remember
that the trains won't be delivered for several years yet and should last a
generation, so in the lifetime of the trains I would think many more parts
of the tube will be accessible.

Personally I fully support the improvements in accessibility, wherever it is
economic to do so; while I am able bodied, some of the lifts on the Jubilee
line are well-used by many for whom steps are a pain without actually being
disabled (the elderly, those with heavy luggage or children in prams etc.) I
have even had to queue for the lifts at Green Park when going to and from
Heathrow with a suitcase due to the number of people changing trains with
luggage!