After many years of campaigning, this weekend saw the first ever Night Tube service on the London Underground. The service now sees the underground trains run 24 hours a day. Official figures from the Transport of London reveal the weekend saw just over 100,000 journeys completed. The Victoria and Central lines on the which the service was introduced saw 100,300 trips on Friday and Saturday night.
The British Transport Police (BTP) said one person was arrested but added the service was "safe and trouble-free”. The night was also marked with the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan travelling on the service among revellers and other commuters. He said the service had "changed the face of weekend travel forever”. Security and safety of passengers was managed with some 100 police officers patrolling stations and platforms as services were extended between 00:30 and 05:00 BST.
However, Ch Insp Dominique Ioannou said the Night Tube was "a historic event for London" and hailed the "great atmosphere throughout”. There were no major problems apart from a signal failure, delaying trains between Woodford and Loughton on Saturday morning.
Passengers who used the Night Tube said they were impressed with the service. It is predicted 200,000 people will use the Night Tube once the service is extended to the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern lines later in the autumn.
