full service resumes on the night tube this weekend for the first time since before the start of the pandemic, TfL has announced.
Through-the-night services on the Piccadilly Line will 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 the Night Tube strike after an agreement with TfL on driver rosters, ending more than six months of disruption.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said the Night Tube’s return “shows our city is rebounding” from the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said: “I know this is welcome news for Londoners and visitors to our city, helping people make the most of everything on offer in the capital and supporting those who work at night.
“Restoring all Night Tube lines will play a vital role in our city’s recovery from the pandemic, boosting the nighttime economy and helping people get around the city at night on weekends. “
The Piccadilly line is the last to restore Night Tube services after the Central and Victoria lines in November 2021 and the Jubilee and Northern lines in May and June this year.
Now that the strike action on the Nachtbuis has been suspended, trains run every 10 to 20 minutes every weekend between 12.30 pm and 5 am.
More than three million entries and exits have been registered on the Night Tube since services began to return in November, while the number of riders on the Tube weekends is now consistently around 85 percent of pre-pandemic levels.
Michael Kill, CEO of the Night Time Industries Association, said it is “vital” to restore confidence in London’s transport infrastructure and “promote a safe and accessible nighttime economy”.
TfL has said the Night Tube provides a “safe, low-crime environment”, with dedicated British transport police officers patrolling trains and stations all night, along with 500 TfL enforcers.
Campaigner Zan Moon called the transport network the “ultimate hotbed of sexual harassment” and called on the mayor of London to do more to protect women traveling through the capital.
A spokesman for Sadiq Khan said he is “working with TfL and the police on a zero-tolerance approach” to sexual harassment in the transport network and “eradicating this predatory behaviour”.