London Underground launches new night tube service

29 September 2014


GREAT BRITAIN - The mayor and London Underground (LU) announced earlier this week that 24-hour 'night tube' services at weekends will begin operation from the early hours of 12 September 2015, reducing night-time journeys by an average of 20 minutes and some by more than an hour

The announcement comes as independent research into the economic benefits of the night tube found that the new service will boost jobs and help maintain London's status as a vibrant and exciting place to live, work and visit. London will join other top cities, including New York and Berlin, which also provide underground services through the night.

Boris Johnson, mayor of London, said: "London is a bustling, 24-hour global city and by this time next year we'll have a 24-hour Tube service to match. Running trains all through the night was once thought impossible, but with the huge investment we've put in and upgrades that have been delivered we stand ready to take the Tube to the next level. As well as creating vital new jobs and giving a huge boost to our economy, the Night Tube will help millions of people to get around our city more easily and quickly. The evolution of the Night Tube will without doubt make London an even better place to live, work, visit and invest."

Mike Brown MVO, the managing director of London Underground, added: 'We are now less than a year away from the first ever 24-hour services operating on London Underground. Already over half a million Londoners use the Tube after 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and the introduction of the Night Tube, which will cut journey times and open up new possibilities across the night time economy, is a historic step in our modernisation of the Underground.

"The new service will boost jobs and will benefit the economy by hundreds of millions of pounds. We will also now be exploring any sponsorship opportunities that could make this transformative service even more cost-effective."