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Date set for Night Tube launch
The first Night Tube service will run from Friday August 19 on two lines.
Londoners will enjoy the first 24-hour weekend Tube travel in the capital's history on the Central and Victoria lines this summer after the Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the plans.
The start of Night Tube services on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines will follow in two separate phases later in the autumn as new Tube drivers complete their training and final preparations are made.
The service will help cut night-time journeys by an average of 20 minutes, with some travel reduced by more than an hour, helping revellers and shiftworkers who rely on public transport to get back to outer London.
The 24-hour Tube is expected to play a vital role in the capital opening up a host of new opportunities, supporting around 2,000 permanent jobs and boosting London's night-time economy by £360m.
Demand for night-time travel is on the rise. Late night Tube usage is increasing at double the rate of daytime trips and demand for travel on night buses has risen by more than 170 per cent since 2000.
To meet the expected demand for Night Tube services, there will be six trains an hour through central London on all Night Tube lines between 12.30am and 5.30am.
This will rise to eight trains an hour on the Northern line to meet demand at busy stations between Leicester Square and Camden Town.
All aboard the midnight train
The Night Tube will mean Londoners and visitors to the capital can travel on the following lines on Friday and Saturday nights, and the early hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings:
- Central line: between Ealing Broadway and Loughton/Hainault
- Victoria line: entire line
- Jubilee line: entire line
- Northern line: entire line except on the Mill Hill East and Bank branches
- Piccadilly line: between Cockfosters and Heathrow Terminal 5
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