London’s Night Tube begins this weekend, with mayor Sadiq Khan saying it will be used by a variety of people including ” a middle-aged clubber” like himself.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who was among the first to travel on the Night Tube, said: “It’s wonderful that so many thousands of Londoners were able to benefit from a faster and simpler journey home overnight”. The London Underground has started overnight service for the first time ever, a move leaders of the city hope will make the capital of Britain truly a 24-hour city as well as bolster the local economy.
Trains will run on the Victoria and Central lines on Fridays and Saturdays.
One late night traveller tweeted: “Night tube experience – singing along to Copa Cabana on the iPod whilst drunk boys tried to pole dance”.
After years of delay, the service is finally up and running.
He said: “You can feel the buzz, you can feel the vibe”.
The Circle is undergoing a major upgrade of tracks, signalling and new walk-through trains and won’t be ready for several years.
But even with Night Tube now running, RMT, one of the unions, said it will maintain a policy “of “extreme vigilance” with our reps monitoring issues like safety, security and the impact on staff of running services round the clock”, RMT’s General Secretary Mick Cash said in statement.
Those on board the first Night Tube welcomed the new service. “I’m really pleased and proud that finally it’s going to happen”.
An extra 100 police officers will be deployed on the underground to support the new service both on the trains and at stations.
Excited Londoners and tourists jostled to be among the first to take the Night Tube, London’s new overnight subway service that plans to host 50,000 riders each weekend.
The service will be extended to the Northern, Jubilee, and Piccadilly lines later this fall, and will allow for those enjoying the area’s nightlife to continue taking the Tube late into the evening.
Bitter disputes with the unions mean the Night Tube is almost a year late.
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Economists like to mention that London already is a 24-hour city, with Michelin starred eateries, theaters in the West End and many trendy nightclubs that attract customers from around the world.
