Press Release

New Year's Eve revellers will enjoy free transport into the early hours

14 December 2005

Transport for London is laying on free travel this year, plus services through the night, to make sure that Londoners and visitors celebrating New Year's Eve can get home safely. All TfL services will be free from 11:45pm on New Year's Eve until 04:30am on New Year's Day, thanks to sponsorship by Natwest.

The Tube will also provide an all night service, running continuously from the start of services on Saturday 31 December 2005, until they finish the following night on Sunday 1 January 2006.

The all night Tube service will run continuously from the start of services on Friday 31 December 2005 until they end the following day, Sunday 1 January 2006. From approximately 2am on New Year's Day, the Tube will operate at a 15-minute frequency in central London and every 30-minutes on branch lines in outer London.

Night bus services will be subject to diversions, but will operate throughout the night. DLR and Croydon Tramlink services will also run all night. Forty bus services, which would normally operate only in daytime, will also run overnight to provide extra transport links.

All services, including the Tube, will be free from 11:45pm on New Year's Eve until 4:30am on New Year's Day.

The central London Congestion Charge is also being suspended for the second year running, for the three working days between Christmas and New Year. It will resume on Tuesday 3 January 2006.

On National Rail services, many routes will have additional departures from midnight to 2am. A number of routes will also run a special half-hourly service in the early hours of New Year's Day from 12:15am to 5am. Normal National Rail fares will apply, with the exception of the special half-hourly Rail services, which will be free in the early hours of New Year's Day, from 12:15am to 5am.

Full information on Tube, bus, DLR and Croydon Tramlink services will be available from early December at all Tube stations and via the Transport for London website www.tfl.gov.uk or by calling London Travel Information on
020-7222 1234.