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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