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 Saturday, July 23, 2016

Night Tube timetables (EXCLUSIVE)

Only four weekends remain before the Night Tube begins, on two lines at least.

If you're intending to stay out late and ride the Victoria or Central lines, here's my exclusive look at the overnight service to be provided.

I say exclusive, but all I've done is dig around inside the Journey Planner which contains data up to one month hence, and anyone could have done that. I've had to search dozens of journeys at dozens of times to try to work out what's going on underneath, but I think I've worked out the timetables the trains will operate.

Basically, whatever the last train is at the moment, that stays, and then the Night Tube kicks in immediately afterwards. Trains will run every ten minutes through the early hours of Saturday and Sunday morning, and then the normal daytime service picks up immediately after that. Approximately speaking.

Here's how the Night Tube will be filling the gap on a Saturday morning, beginning on Saturday 20th August.

Night Tube timetable - Victoria line (southbound)

Walthamstow C	0020	0030	0040	0050	0100	0110	and every 10 mins until	0500
Seven Sisters	0026	0036	0046	0056	0106	0116		0506
King's Cross	0035	0045	0055	0105	0115	0125		0515
Oxford Circus	0039	0049	0059	0109	0119	0129		0519
Victoria	0043	0053	0103	0113	0123	0133		0523
Brixton	0051	0101	0111	0121	0131	0141		0531

Don't worry, the trains will be stopping at every station, I've simply shown a selection of stations to keep this manageable. But expect trains every ten minutes along the entire line... simple!

Night Tube timetable - Victoria line (northbound)

Brixton	0034	0040	0049	0058	0108	0118	and every 10 mins until	0518
Victoria	0041	0048	0056	0105	0115	0125		0525
Oxford Circus	0045	0051	0100	0109	0119	0129		0529
King's Cross	0050	0056	0105	0114	0124	0134		0534
Seven Sisters	0059	0106	0114	0123	0133	0143		0543
Walthamstow C	0104	0112	0119	0128	0138	0148		0548

Northbound trains take a while to slip into a pattern, running slightly more frequently as the Night Tube service kicks in. But then it's every ten minutes all the way through to half past five, just like on the southbound.

Night Tube timetable - Central line (eastbound)

Ealing Broadway	0015		0035		0055		and every 10 mins until		0515
White City	0025	0035	0045	0055	0105	0115		0515	0525
Oxford Circus	0039	0049	0059	0109	0119	0129		0529	0539
Mile End	0055	0105	0115	0125	0135	0145		0545	0555
Leytonstone	0103	0113	0123	0133	0143	0153		0553	0603
Hainault	0119	↓	0139	↓	0159	↓		↓	0619
Loughton		0125		0145		0205		0605

The Central line is a bit more complicated. Trains will run alternately from Ealing Broadway to Hainault, and from White City to Loughton, every twenty minutes. Over the central section from White City to Leytonstone there'll be a train every ten minutes, the same frequency as on the Victoria line. There'll be no extra Night Tube services on the West Ruislip branch, nor beyond Loughton, nor between Woodford and Hainault.

Night Tube timetable - Central line (westbound)

Loughton	0003		0023		0043		and every 10 mins until		0503
Hainault	↓	0010	↓	0030	↓	0050		0450	↓
Leytonstone	0015	0025	0035	0045	0055	0105		0505	0515
Mile End	0025	0035	0045	0055	0105	0115		0515	0525
Oxford Circus	0040	0050	0100	0110	0120	0130		0530	0540
White City	0054	0104	0114	0124	0134	0144		0544	0554
Ealing Broadway	0105		0125		0145			0555	0605

Again there are two overlapping twenty minute services, with a ten minute frequency between White City and Leytonstone. But notice this time that the endpoints are different - it's Loughton that links with Ealing Broadway, and Hainault that links with White City. Perhaps this is to give the drivers a bit of variety, or to shuffle the trains around over the course of the night.

Don't expect to see these timetables in a leaflet or on a wall in your local station. TfL prefer to hide their timetables these days, preferring that passengers use the Journey Planner to search current operating conditions, or simply turn up and wait. But Night Tube timetables do still exist, and understanding their structure might help you to better interpret the new 'ten minute' service when it begins.

In the meantime there's already a launch-friendly Night Tube map, showing just the relevant sections of the Victoria and Central lines, with three other lines due to join them later in the year. So bring on the night!

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