Is the Elizabeth line open on a Sunday?

Until autumn 2022: There will be no Sunday services. A special service will operate on Sunday 5 June 2022 for the Platinum Jubilee weekend running from 08:00-22:00. Services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield, and Paddington to Heathrow and Reading will continue to operate on Sundays as they do now.



Yes, the Elizabeth line is open on Sundays in 2026, providing a critical east-west link across London. However, Sunday service often includes planned maintenance windows that may affect specific branches. For example, during the spring of 2026, there are scheduled partial closures between Abbey Wood and Paddington on certain Sunday mornings to allow for signaling upgrades. On a standard Sunday, trains typically run every 5 to 10 minutes through the central section (Paddington to Whitechapel) and slightly less frequently on the Shenfield and Reading/Heathrow branches. It is always recommended to check the TfL (Transport for London) Go app or the "Status Updates" webpage on Saturday evening, as Sunday is the primary day for engineering works that can result in bus replacement services for portions of the line.

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Travel free on bus, tram, Tube, DLR, London Overground and Elizabeth line. You can travel free on TfL services with your Older Person's Freedom Pass from 09:00 weekdays and anytime at weekends and on bank holidays.

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The fares on the central section of the Elizabeth line (Paddington to Liverpool Street) are the same as the fares on London Underground in Zone 1. So travelling from Paddington to Liverpool Street would cost you £2.80 – the same as the Tube.

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If you're 60 or over and live in a London borough, you can get free travel on our transport services with an Oyster photocard.

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Your bus pass is valid for use on all registered Bus services within England, so if you are visiting other places you should be able to use your pass. It is not valid in Wales* or Scotland.

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60+ London Oyster Photocard If you're over 60 but under the State Pension age and you live in any London borough, you can get a special Oyster card for free travel in the city on several different rail services. Many people get a 60+ London Oyster Photocard before they're entitled to a Freedom Pass.

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The Elizabeth Line offers a reasonable, more budget-friendly option for travelling to Heathrow. It's likely to be the best train to Heathrow if you're coming from East or Central London, as it avoids the need to change at Paddington. It's also the cheapest option if you need to travel at the last-minute.

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Serving Terminals 2, 3, 4 and 5, the Elizabeth Line now connects Heathrow with Central London, East London and Essex, along with Reading via changes. From 22 May 2023, four Elizabeth line trains per hour will run directly between Terminal 4 to Abbey Wood via Canary Wharf.

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Fares and ticketing The Elizabeth line has two 'London Terminal' stations on its route - London Paddington National Rail station and London Liverpool Street National Rail station. Tickets for National Rail services to/from London Terminals are not valid on the Elizabeth line between Paddington and Liverpool Street.

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Services in the tunnels across London have previously been suspended almost every Sunday since the line opened on May 24 to allow more testing to take place. The line stretches from Reading in Berkshire and Heathrow Airport in west London to Abbey Wood in south-east London and Shenfield in Essex.

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The Elizabeth line is not one of the few Transport for London services to run an all-night timetable, but its trains do start quite early in the morning and run late at night. Only five Tube lines run a 24-hour service on Fridays and Saturdays: the Victoria, Piccadilly, Jubilee, Central and Northern lines.

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Tube, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth line, National Rail, River Bus and IFS Cloud Cable Car. Touch in on a yellow card reader at the start of your journey and touch out at the end. To pay the right fare: Always use the same device or contactless card to touch in and out.

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If you live in England or Wales In England you can get a bus pass for free travel when you reach the State Pension age. If you live in London, you can travel free on buses, tubes and other transport when you're 60, but only within London. In Wales you can get a bus pass when you reach 60.

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60+ London Oyster photocard This allows you to travel for free on most public transport in London. You can apply from two weeks before your 60th birthday.

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Freedom Passes will be valid to use on all of the Elizabeth line including stops outside of London.

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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: This fare increase was chosen as one which would have a lower impact on Londoners currently worried about the cost of living, and to ensure that journeys that avoid zone 1 will not be affected, helping to protect those living near and working at the airport.

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Elizabeth line fares are the same as the Tube on journeys within TfL's nine fare zones, which extend to Brentwood. But passengers travelling to and from Shenfield in the east, and to or from all stations beyond West Drayton in the west, are charged “special” rates equivalent to national rail fares.

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Missed Tap Off Cost If you don't have a default set on your card and you forget to tap off at the end of your trip, you'll be charged the fare to the last stop on the train line or bus route and with your fare type and any applicable loyalty discounts applied.

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