Christmas and New Year services 🎄⚠️
From Saturday 20 December 2025 until Monday 5 January 2026, the vast majority of our services will be running. However, some services will be affected by planned works and service changes:
- On Christmas Eve, services will finish earlier than normal on London Underground, London Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR and London Trams
- On Christmas Day, there will be no service on the bus, Tube and rail networks. The only transport running will be taxi and private hire services, Santander Cycles, e-scooters, coaches and Dial-a-Ride (for registered members only)
- On Boxing Day, there will be no Night Tube or Night Overground service, and no service on the Elizabeth line or most of the London Overground network, except for the Mildmay and Windrush lines
- On New Year’s Eve, most services will continue to run all night on all lines except the Waterloo & City line, which will run until 02:40. Normal TfL fares will apply on New Year’s Eve
No national rail service to/from London Waterloo or Liverpool Street
Over the festive period, there will be no national rail services to/from the following stations due to Network Rail engineering works.
Liverpool Street
From Thursday 25 December until Thursday 1 January, the Liverpool Street mainline station will be closed.
London Waterloo
On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December, there will be no national rail services to/from London Waterloo.
Reduced services will run from Monday 29 December until Sunday 4 January.
London Underground
⚠️On Boxing Day, there will be no Friday Night Tube services on any lines.
Northern line
Monday 22 December
- Colindale station will be closed until early afternoon
Metropolitan line
Friday 26 December
- No service between Rickmansworth and Amersham/Chesham
Piccadilly line
Wednesday 24 December until Sunday 4 January
- No service between Rayners Lane and UxbridgeUse the Metropolitan line.
Friday 2 into Saturday 3 January
- No Friday Night Tube service between King’s Cross and Cockfosters
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 January
- No service between Wood Green and Cockfosters, including during Saturday Night Tube
Monday 5 January until mid-March 2026
- Southgate station will be exit-only
Elizabeth line
Friday 26 December
- No service on the entire line
Saturday 27 until Monday 29 December
- Reduced service between West Drayton and Maidenhead
Saturday 27 December until Thursday 1 January
- No service between Liverpool Street national rail platforms and Stratford
- Elizabeth line services will continue to run between Paddington and Stratford via Whitechapel.
Wednesday 31 December
- A reduced Saturday service will run on the entire line, but services will continue to run all night
- Normal TfL fares will apply.
Sunday 4 January
- No service between West Drayton and Maidenhead until 11:45
DLR
Sunday 21 and Friday 26 December, and Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 January
- No service between Tower Gateway and Shadwell
Bus strikes ⚠️
From 05:00 on Monday 22 until end of service on Wednesday 24 December
- planned strike action will affect seven bus routes across southwest, west and northwest London.
- Additionally, on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 January 2026, planned strike action will affect 13 bus routes across east and northeast London.
Source: TfL