13.02.18
Night Overground services to extend to north London for first time
Night Overground services will extend to serve Canonbury and Highbury and Islington stations from 23 February 2018.
The new service will link the Overground to the Night Tube network via the Victoria line for the first time, and will make late night travel quicker and easier for the night shift workers, including emergency services and the hospitality sectors, who work in north and east London.
More than 35,000 journeys have already been made on the Night Overground, which has seen passengers travelling on Friday and Saturday nights between Dalston Junction and New Cross Gate since December 2017.
British Transport Police (BTP) has been working with Transport for London (TfL) to ensure that “travel on London's public transport network is a safe and pleasant experience at all times of the day and night” said Martin Fry, BTP’s chief superintendent.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "Following our hugely successful launch of the Night Tube, I'm delighted that we will be able to extend the Night Overground service to help even more Londoners.
“These night-time services are providing a huge boost to our economy and a safe and reliable way for people to travel across the capital, helping all those working hard during the night or out enjoying everything the capital's nightlife has to offer.”
The announcement follows earlier calls by the RMT for government intervention after it was revealed that TfL had a deficit of nearly £1bn.
TfL has spent over £2m so far in an effort to combat noise and disturbance from the Night Tube since services started in 2016.
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