Editing London Underground (section)

===Hours of operation===
The tube closes overnight during the week, but since 2016, the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]], [[Jubilee line|Jubilee]], [[Northern line|Northern]], Piccadilly, and [[Victoria line|Victoria]] lines, as well as a short section of the London Overground have operated all night on Friday and Saturday nights. The first trains run from about 05:00 and the last trains until just after 01:00, with later starting times on Sunday mornings.<ref name="BBClater">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21264227 |title=Later London Underground service being considered |work=BBC News |date=30 January 2013 |access-date=1 April 2013 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510095118/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21264227 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ESlater">{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/party-on-london-tube-will-run-an-hour-later-on-fridays-and-saturdays-8472470.html |title=Party on, London... Tube will run an hour later on Fridays and Saturdays |work=London Evening Standard |date=30 January 2013 |access-date=1 April 2013 |last=Beard |first=Matthew |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510042700/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/party-on-london-tube-will-run-an-hour-later-on-fridays-and-saturdays-8472470.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The nightly closures are used for maintenance,<ref name="BBClater"/> but some lines stay open on [[New Year's Eve]]<ref name="TOLondon"/> and run for longer hours during major public events such as the [[2012 London Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12910431 |title=London 2012 Olympics: Tube to shut hour later, TfL says |work=BBC News |date=30 March 2011 |access-date=1 April 2013 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510095115/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12910431 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some lines are occasionally closed for scheduled engineering work at weekends.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/livetravelnews/planned-works/calendar/ |title=Planned Works Calendar |publisher=Transport for London |year=2013 |access-date=1 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331061341/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/livetravelnews/planned-works/calendar/ |archive-date=31 March 2013}}</ref>

The Underground runs a limited service on Christmas Eve with some lines closing early, and does not operate on [[Christmas Day]].<ref name="TOLondon">{{cite news |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/transport-in-london-over-christmas-and-new-years-eve-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210063235/http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/transport-in-london-over-christmas-and-new-years-eve-1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 February 2013 |title=Transport in London over Christmas and New Year's Eve |newspaper=Time Out London |access-date=1 April 2013 }}</ref> Since 2010 a dispute between London Underground and [[trade union]]s over holiday pay has resulted in a limited service on [[Boxing Day]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20757141 |title=London Tube strike on Boxing Day |work=BBC News |date=17 December 2012 |access-date=1 April 2013 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607160930/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20757141 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Night Tube====
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[[File:London Underground Overground DLR Crossrail map night.svg|thumb|Route map of Night Tube]]

On 19 August 2016, London Underground launched a 24-hour service on the Victoria and Central lines with plans in place to extend this to the Piccadilly, Northern and Jubilee lines starting on Friday morning and continuing right through until Sunday evening.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381 |title=Night Tube services to start in August |date=23 May 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210611081205/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36356381 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Night Tube proposal was originally scheduled to start on 12 September 2015, following completion of upgrades, but in August 2015 it was announced that the start date for the Night Tube had been pushed back because of ongoing talks about contract terms between trade unions and London Underground.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1542495/night-tube-start-date-postponed-as-talks-continue |title=Night Tube start date postponed as talks continue |work=Sky News |date=27 August 2015 |access-date=27 August 2015 |archive-date=29 August 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150829201401/http://news.sky.com/story/1542495/night-tube-start-date-postponed-as-talks-continue |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/21/tubes-run-all-night-weekends-london-underground |title=London tube to run all night at weekends but 750 jobs to go |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=21 November 2013 |access-date=21 November 2013 |last=Topham |first=Gwyn |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210510111007/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/21/tubes-run-all-night-weekends-london-underground |url-status=live }}</ref> On 23 May 2016 it was announced that the night service would launch on 19 August 2016 for the Central and Victoria lines. The service operates on the following lines:

;Central line
:between Ealing Broadway and Hainault via Newbury Park or Loughton. No service on the West Ruislip Branch, between Woodford and Hainault via Grange Hill or between Loughton and Epping.
;Northern line
:between Morden and Edgware / High Barnet via Charing Cross. No service on Mill Hill East, Battersea or Bank branches.
;Piccadilly line
:between Cockfosters and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 and 5. No service to Terminal 4 or between Acton Town and Uxbridge.
;Jubilee line
:Full line – Stratford to Stanmore.
;Victoria line
:Full line – Walthamstow Central to Brixton.

The Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, and the Central line between White City and Leytonstone, operate at 10-minute intervals. The Central line operates at 20-minute intervals between Leytonstone and Hainault, between Leytonstone and Loughton, and between White City and Ealing Broadway. The Northern line operates at roughly 8-minute intervals between Morden and Camden Town via Charing Cross, and at 15-minute intervals between Camden Town and Edgware and between Camden Town and High Barnet.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-are-doing/night-tube |title=The Night Tube |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=21 April 2021 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210515162326/https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-are-doing/night-tube |url-status=live}}</ref>

Night Tube services were suspended in March 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-london-shops-could-close-and-transport-restricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 |title= Coronavirus: London cuts Tube trains and warns 'don't travel unless you really have to' |date=19 March 2020 |work=Sky News |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200321052444/https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-london-shops-could-close-and-transport-restricted-by-weekend-whitehall-sources-11959814 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were reinstated partially in November 2021 and fully in July 2022.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Full Night Tube service restored for the first time since the start of the pandemic |date=28 July 2022 |url= https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2022/july/full-night-tube-service-restored-for-the-first-time-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic |access-date=31 August 2024 |publisher= Transport for London}}</ref>