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On the DLR a special service will operate from about 5.30am, with last trains about 11.30pm.  Buses will replace DLR services between Bank/Tower Gateway and West India Quay/Poplar. DLR train services will operate on all remaining routes. 

On the London Overground network, a weekday service will operate, with reduced services from early evening with last trains departing around 9pm.

On Tramlink, a Saturday service will operate and there will be a limited number of Riverboat services. Coach operators will run a reduced service from Victoria Coach Station with the last international departures leaving mid morning.

Christmas Day  

On Christmas Day, there will be no services on the Tube, London Buses, DLR, London Overground and Tramlink networks, no services from Victoria Coach Station, and no service on all but one Riverboat service. 

New Year’s Eve

Wherever you are bringing in the New Year across the Capital, you should plan your journey carefully and take advantage of all night and free travel on public transport. 

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson said: “ London will herald the start of 2010 with a bang - with a spectacular fireworks display at the London Eye.   

Countless celebrations will take place all across the city, with many thousands of Londoners and visitors making the most of our unrivalled selection of bars, restaurants and hotels. Unless you're going by bike, public transport will without doubt be the best way to travel. There will be services across London throughout the night and, because we want everyone to be able to get home safely, we are making travel free.” 

There will be free travel on New Year’s Eve from 11.45pm until 4.30am on the Tube, DLR, London Buses, and Tramlink, which is sponsored by ING Direct.

London Overground services will not run through the night. After 2345 the minimal services running on the Euston to Watford  branch will be free, but will finish at 0125. For details of these services see London Overground publicity or www.tfl.gov.uk/check or call 020 7222 1234.

Tube, DLR, Tramlink and selected National Rail services will run all night on New Year’s Eve.

Bank DLR platforms will be closed.  

Night and 24 hour bus routes will run as normal outside central London . But there will be a reduction in bus services leaving central London from about 7pm to about 3am because of road closures.  

However, bus services on the night will be enhanced with an extra 55 bus routes that normally only run during the day. They will operate a 24 hour service to link with late night rail and Underground services, and provide all night connections for people in outer London . 

There will be a reduced number of coaches departing from Victoria Coach Station, with the last coaches departing about 8pm.

Congestion Charge

From Friday 25 December until Friday 1 January inclusive, motorists will not have to pay the Congestion Charge. Congestion charging will be in operation as usual from Monday 4 January 2010.

The Festive Travel Guide, with full details of services running over Christmas and the New Year, will be available online at http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/13658.aspx and on leaflet racks across the Transport for London network, from Friday 4 December.  

Notes to Editors

·        London Underground (LU) is undertaking a major programme of

renewal as part of Transport for London ’s Investment Programme. This will inevitably result in some disruption for passengers, but TfL is working hard to provide information and alternative travel options.  The work is essential to provide for London ’s growing transport needs now, and into the future.  Tube Lines is responsible for the maintenance and renewal of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines.

·        Passengers are advised to check before travelling via the following options

·        The TfL website: www.tfl.gov.uk/check and use Journey Planner or text TFL to 60835.  Charged at the network operator’s standard rate.

·        Transport for London ’s festive travel guide - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/13658.aspx

·        Information on posters, leaflets and “Good Service” boards at Tube stations

·        The London Travel Information 24-hour telephone helpline: 020 7222 1234

·        Access travel information news in advance on the go using any one of TfL’s new suite of Travel Tools. www.tfl.gov.uk/traveltools

·        London Dial-a-Ride will be operating over Christmas and New Year and all members have been sent leaflets. For queries about booking arrangements over this period please contact the Reservations Contact Centre on 0845 999 1 999

·        For information about the New year's Eve fireworks go to www.london.gov.uk/newyearseve

·        For information about events and attractions throughout the festive period go to www.visitlondon.com 

 TfL Press Office 0845 604 4141