Hanne Bingle

Hanne Bingle was born in Denmark, and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1980s.^[3] She is married to Ian Bingle, who also worked as a London Underground driver.^[3][4]

Bingle joined Transport for London in 1998, where she worked as a Customer Services Assistant at Piccadilly Circus tube station.^[4] She trained as a London Underground driver, and started driving trains on the Victoria line in 2001.^[3] She drove trains for TfL for 13 years.^[2] During her time with TfL, she participated in the Transport for London women's network.^[3][4] Bingle wanted to address gender imbalance, as at the time, only around 13% of Victoria line drivers were female.^[5] In 2009, she received an honorary MBE for services to women's equality and public transport she achieved female toilets being installed.^[3][4][5][1] In 2017, she was included on the BBC's 100 Women list of most influential women.^[2]

Since 2008, Bingle has competed in professional powerlifting competitions, representing Great Britain. She competed in multiple World Championships between 2008 and 2012.^[6][7] She is also now a National Referee.^[8]

Was dismissed from the BPF for miss conduct within her role.