staff correspondent(es/wp):
Eight new night bus services are to be launched this weekend to help Night Tube passengers complete their journey home.
The services will primarily link with the northern end of the Victoria line and the eastern end of the Central line, both of which will run through the night on Friday and Saturday for the first time.
Areas to benefit include Walthamstow, Stratford, Leytonstone, Crouch End, Muswell Hill and Ilford. There will also be a 24-hour service on the E1 bus that links Greenford and Ealing.
The announcement comes as Transport for London confirmed it had abandoned plans to reduce the frequency of the 94 night bus, between Piccadilly Circus and Acton Green, and the N91 between Trafalgar Square and Cockfosters.
TfL has also put on hold a reduction in frequency to a further 15 services that it predicts will see fewer passengers as a result of the Night Tube.
Passenger numbers will now be monitored to see whether demand has dropped as a result of the all-night running of the Tube. TfL plans to extend Night Tube services by the end of the year onto the Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines.
From Friday night, these routes will operate 24 hours a day from the first time:
The new services will run every 30 minutes throughout Friday and Saturday nights, other than the W7, which will run every 20 minutes. A further seven new night bus services have already been introduced.
Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “The routes will go hand-in-hand with the Night Tube to help Londoners get to and from their front door throughout the night. It’s another key step in helping everyone travel quickly and safely at night, and another boost to unlocking the full potential of our night time economy.
Eight new night bus services are to be launched this weekend to help Night Tube passengers complete their journey home.
The services will primarily link with the northern end of the Victoria line and the eastern end of the Central line, both of which will run through the night on Friday and Saturday for the first time.
Areas to benefit include Walthamstow, Stratford, Leytonstone, Crouch End, Muswell Hill and Ilford. There will also be a 24-hour service on the E1 bus that links Greenford and Ealing.
The announcement comes as Transport for London confirmed it had abandoned plans to reduce the frequency of the 94 night bus, between Piccadilly Circus and Acton Green, and the N91 between Trafalgar Square and Cockfosters.
TfL has also put on hold a reduction in frequency to a further 15 services that it predicts will see fewer passengers as a result of the Night Tube.
Passenger numbers will now be monitored to see whether demand has dropped as a result of the all-night running of the Tube. TfL plans to extend Night Tube services by the end of the year onto the Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines.
From Friday night, these routes will operate 24 hours a day from the first time:
- 34 (Barnet Church to Walthamstow Central)
- 123 (Ilford High Road to Wood Green)
- 145 (Leytonstone to Dagenham)
- 158 (Stratford to Chingford Mount)
- 296 (Ilford Broadway to Romford)
- E1 (Greenford Broadway to Ealing Broadway)
- W3 (Finsbury Park to Northumberland Park)
- W7 (Finsbury Park to Muswell Hill Broadway).
The new services will run every 30 minutes throughout Friday and Saturday nights, other than the W7, which will run every 20 minutes. A further seven new night bus services have already been introduced.
Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “The routes will go hand-in-hand with the Night Tube to help Londoners get to and from their front door throughout the night. It’s another key step in helping everyone travel quickly and safely at night, and another boost to unlocking the full potential of our night time economy.
