Traces of sperm, faeces and rat urine

Train seats are over six times filthier than toilets

It’s been revealed that Tube seats often contain more germs than a TOILET SEAT

THOSE visiting London will often complain about the hustle and bustle that is commuting via the Tube.

Overcrowded stations, rubbish left on seats, bolshie fellow passengers and those who snack on stinky foods are all enough to send anyone bonkers.

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Commuting is never much fun - but it's also pretty germyCredit: Reuters

But it’s now been revealed that Tube seats often contain more germs than a TOILET SEAT.

A has found that the Northern line trumps all others when it comes to being London's dirtiest Tube lines – but many others don’t fare much better in the germ stakes.

wanted to test what bacteria is left behind by the thousands of commuters each day.

And it seems that you may want to anti-bac your hands as soon as you get home.

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that found the surface of Tube seats were contaminated with four types of hair sample (human, mouse, rat, dog), seven types of insect (mostly fleas, mostly alive), vomit originating from at least nine separate people, human urine originating from at least four separate people, human excrement, rodent excrement and human semen.

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