London Underground trains generally run between 5am and midnight Monday to Saturday. Operating hours are slightly reduced on Sunday. Night Tube trains run on some lines throughout the night on Fridays and Saturdays.
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How Safe is the London Underground at Night? Generally, the London Underground is safe to travel at night. Crime rates are relatively low, and many underground trains have a large number of passengers until at least 1am every night. Each underground train have CCTV cameras covering every inch of space.
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.
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.
Tube first and last timesThe first tube trains start running from around 5.00–5.30am. The last tube trains leave central London around 12.30am (see the Night Tube below). Most trains start at least an hour later on Sundays. The exact start and finish times vary according to each individual underground line.
Is it Safe to Walk Around London At Night? London is generally a safe city - even at night. Almost all of central London is well-lit and you'll very rarely find yourself alone as it's a 24-hour city. Public transport runs 24 hours a day, too, so it's easy to get around even after dark.
Pay as you goYou don't have to work out the cost of your journey in advance. You can pay as you go using contactless (card or device), an Oyster card or a Visitor Oyster card. It also offers great value as pay as you go is cheaper than buying single tickets and you get daily and weekly capping.
You can either get a 24 hour or 7-day Travelcard. Residents can also get monthly or annual Travelcards. When buying a 24 hour Travelcard, you can choose a Day Anytime, which can be used at any time of the day and is valid until 4:30 am the next day.
London is a city that never sleeps and the main bus lines run 24 hours a day. Besides the lines that run 24 hours a day, many buses run at night and can be identified by the letter N in front of their normal number, so for example, bus 15 will become N15 at nighttime.
London Underground trains generally run between 5am and midnight Monday to Saturday. Operating hours are slightly reduced on Sunday. Night Tube trains run on some lines throughout the night on Fridays and Saturdays.
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.
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.
The London Overground Night Service operates Friday and Saturday nights into the early hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings between New Cross Gate and Highbury & Islington, with trains every 15 minutes. The Night Tube operates on five London Underground lines.