Night Tube: 24-hour weekend service to begin next year

TFL says it will boost the economy but unions warn that it is 'a disaster waiting to happen'

Night Tube map
(Image credit: Transport for London)

The launch of a 24-hour weekend Tube service on the London Underground has been confirmed for next year. From 12 September 2015, 'night Tubes' will serve the capital's five main underground lines on Friday and Saturday nights.

"London is a bustling, 24-hour global city and by this time next year we'll have a 24-hour Tube service to match," Mayor Boris Johnson told the BBC. Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground described it as "a historic step in our modernisation of London Underground.

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