Don’t let fear stop you going underground | Andrew Martin

Incidents such as the Leytonstone stabbing are understandably worrying, but let’s stand by the tube – a democratic, safe, beautiful mode of transportI used to write a column about the tube, and a woman I knew couldn’t bear to look at it. In 1975 she’d been about to board the train that smashed into the wall at Moorgate, killing 43 people, but decided against at the last minute: “I don’t know why, maybe I’m a witch.” She became a tube-phobic person,