Free 24-hour travel on New Year's Eve in London

 

Andrew Clark, transport correspondent

Wednesday October 15, 2003

The Guardian

 

London's tubes, buses and trains will operate a free 24-hour service on New Year's Eve, the mayor, Ken Livingstone, said yesterday, following complaints that the capital was a fun-free zone last year.

Tubes will run all night for the first time since the Queen's golden jubilee celebrations last year, with 400,000 people expected in the city centre. There will be extra night buses and many national rail services will continue until 5am.

 

Mr Livingstone said that, in previous years, LU had insisted that 20 stations would have to close in central London for safety reasons if new year celebrations there were sanctioned.

 

However, the tubes passed into his control earlier this year: "Now they will just stay open like in any other sensible city around the world."

 

How [censored] good is that?! It couldn't be more convenient, makes a bloody change as transport in London is usually pants!

Yeah its great if you're in London on NYE.

 

About [censored] time I say.

Yay

Woohoo...

 

I will be in Edinburgh though... wonder if they have free train travel there!?

Tranquility said:

Woohoo...

 

I will be in Edinburgh though... wonder if they have free train travel there!?

its all buses up here

Thanx for telling me...

 

I would have hated to have walked around asking for the train station while people just stood there and laughed!

 

Know of any good places to go to after the Street Party?!?

Tranquility said:

Thanx for telling me...

 

I would have hated to have walked around asking for the train station while people just stood there and laughed!

 

Know of any good places to go to after the Street Party?!?

dogma @ studio 24 for some techno