London Festive Season Travel Changes

Festive services

Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24 December

There are planned closures on TfL Rail and river services. Buses, DLR and Trams will run a Saturday service. London Overground services will finish early, while there will be a reduced service on TfL Rail and the Tube.

Christmas Day, Wednesday 25 December

There will be no service on the Tube, buses, TfL Rail, London Overground, DLR, Trams, river, Emirates Air Line and National Rail, though Santander Cycles and some river tours services will be available.

Boxing Day, Thursday 26 December

There are planned closures on Northern, District and Waterloo & City lines. There will be a special service on the DLR and some London Overground routes, and a Sunday service on buses and TfL Rail. There will be a reduced service on the Tube, while Emirates Air Line will run a bank holiday service.

Friday 27 December

There are planned closures on TfL Rail. A Saturday service will run on buses, DLR, London Overground and Trams. The Woolwich Ferry will run a single boat service.

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 December

There are planned closures on London Overground and TfL Rail. The Woolwich Ferry will run a single boat service.

Sunday 29 December

There are planned closures on Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan lines, London Overground and TfL Rail.

Monday 30 December

There are planned closures on certain London Overground routes. Buses, DLR, London Overground, Trams and the Tube will be running a Saturday service.

New Year’s Eve, Tuesday 31 December

There is a planned closure on TfL Rail. Throughout the day, there will be a Saturday service on buses, London Overground, DLR and TfL Rail. There will be free travel on the Tube, London Overground, DLR, Trams, TfL Rail and buses from 23:45 until 04:30 the following morning. There will be an all-night service on DLR, some London Overground routes, TfL Rail, Trams and the Tube.

New Year’s Day, Tuesday 1 January

There are planned closures on District and Metropolitan lines and river services. The DLR, London Overground and TfL Rail will run a Saturday service. Buses and Trams will run a Sunday service. Emirates Air Line will run a bank holiday service

 

Tube, DLR, Overground, Tfl Rail

Circle Line  

• On Sunday 29 December, there will be no service on the entire line. This is due to line modernisation work. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes.

District Line  

• On Christmas Eve, there will be no service between Parsons Green and Wimbledon from 22:45. This is due to Network Rail engineering work. Rail replacement buses will run between Fulham Broadway and Wimbledon.
• On Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, there will be no service between Earl’s Court and Kensington (Olympia).
• On Sunday 29 December, there will be no service between South Kensington and East Ham. This is due to line modernisation work. Rail replacement buses will run between Liverpool Street/Canning Town and Barking.

Hammersmith & City Line  

• On Sunday 29 December, there will be no service between Baker Street and Barking. This is due to line modernisation work. Rail replacement buses will run between Liverpool Street and Barking.

Metropolitan Line  

• On Sunday 29 December and from 04:00 until 10:45 on New Year’s Day, there will be no service between Baker Street and Aldgate. This is due to line modernisation work. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes.

Northern Line  

• On Boxing Day, there will be no service between Morden and Euston via Bank. There will also be no service between Morden and Camden Town via Charing Cross. This is while we test signalling systems for the Northern Line Extension. Rail replacement buses will run between Morden and Stockwell.

Piccadilly Line  

• On New Year’s Eve, there will be no service between Uxbridge and Rayners Lane until 10:45 on New Year’s Day. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes.

Waterloo & City Line  

• On Boxing Day, there will be no service on the entire line. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes.

Overground 

• On Boxing Day, for the first time, London Overground will run services every 15 minutes between Highbury & Islington and West Croydon from 06:30 until 22:45, and between Clapham Junction and Hackney Wick from 09:00 until 22:00. Rail replacement buses will run between Hackney Wick and Stratford from 09:00 until 22:00.
• On Saturday 28 December, there will be no service between Euston and Kilburn High Road after 19:45.
• On Sunday 29 December, trains will not stop at Whitechapel (including Saturday’s London Overground Night Service). There will be no service between:
  • Surrey Quays and Clapham Junction
    • Euston and Kilburn High Road until 11:45
    • Highbury & Islington and Stratford after 18:30.
• On Monday 30 December:
  • There will be no service between Hackney Downs and Enfield Town/Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) after 22:45
  • There will also be no southbound service from Sydenham to West Croydon after 23:30
  • A weekday service will run between Highbury & Islington/Dalston Junction and New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon. A Saturday service will run on all other routes.
• On New Year’s Eve, there will be free travel on all TfL public transport between 23:45 and 04:30. Extra northbound trains will run from Euston to Queen’s Park at 01:01 and from Euston to Watford Junction at 01:45. Special late night trains will run every 30 minutes between:
  • Liverpool Street and Enfield Town until 02:00
  • Liverpool Street and Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) until 01:30
  • Liverpool Street and Chingford (southbound until 01:30, northbound until 02:30).
• There will also be special late night trains running every 20 minutes between:
  • Richmond and Stratford
  • Clapham Junction and Stratford
  • Highbury & Islington and Crystal Palace
  • Highbury & Islington and West Croydon
• On New Year’s Day, there will be no service between Hackney Downs and Enfield Town/Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) after 22:45.
• On Thursday 2 January, there will be no service between Hackney Downs and Enfield Town/Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) after 22:45. There will also be no southbound service from Sydenham to West Croydon after 23:30.

Rivers  

• On Christmas Eve:
  • Woolwich Ferry will run a single boat service until 20:00, when service will end
  • There will be no service on Thames Clippers.
• On Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, there will be no service on the Woolwich Ferry or Thames Clippers.
• From Friday 27 until Monday 30 December, Woolwich Ferry will run a single boat service.
• On New Year’s Eve, Thames Clippers services will finish early.

Emirates Air Line  

• On Christmas Eve, Emirates Air Line will open at 09:00 and close at 19:00.
• On Christmas Day, Emirates Air Line will be closed.
• On Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, Emirates Air Line will run a bank holiday service.

TfL Rail

• On Sunday 22 December, there will be no service between Paddington and Heathrow Terminal 4 until 06:40. This is due to overhead wire renewal, track work and Crossrail station works. Use alternative Tube and local bus routes until 06:40.
• On Christmas Eve and Friday 27 December, there will be no service between Paddington and Slough/Heathrow Terminal 4. Rail replacement buses will be running; tickets will be accepted on local buses and the Piccadilly line will run services to Heathrow airport during this time. Allow more time for your journey. A normal service will run between Slough and Reading, and a shuttle service will still run between Heathrow terminals.
• On Christmas Day and Boxing Day, there will be no service on the entire line.
• On Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 December, there will be no service between Liverpool Street and Shenfield. Rail replacement buses will run to stations between Stratford and Shenfield.
• From Saturday 28 December until New Year’s Eve, a reduced service will run between Paddington and Hayes & Harlington, with trains running every 30 minutes. Trains will not stop at Acton Main Line, West Ealing or Hanwell.
• On New Year’s Eve, TfL Rail services will run throughout the night and will be free between 23:45 and 04:30.
• On New Year’s Day, there will be a Saturday service with trains running every 30 minutes to stations between Paddington, Reading and Heathrow T4.

 

Source: Transport for London