Full Night Tube service to resume for first time in two years

Through-the-night services on the Piccadilly Line are to be restored from Friday, meaning all five Night Tube Lines will be fully operational for the first time since March 2020.

It follows the announcement that the RMT union has suspended strike action on the Night Tube following an agreement with TfL about driver rotas, putting an end to more than six months of disruption.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the return of the Night Tube “shows our city is bouncing back” from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Piccadilly Line is the last to restore Night Tube services following the Central and Victoria lines in November 2021 and the Jubilee and Northern lines in May and June of this year.

With strike action on the Night Tube now suspended, trains will run every 10 to 20 minutes between 12.30am and 5am every weekend.

More than three million entries and exits have been recorded on the Night Tube since services began to return in November, while weekend ridership on the Tube is now consistently around 85 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.

TfL has said the Night Tube offers a “safe, low crime environment”, with dedicated British Transport Police officers patrolling trains and stations through the night along with 500 TfL enforcement officers.