๐ŸŽ„ Festive season 2023

TL;DR

๐Ÿง‘‍๐ŸŽ„ Unless you are this guy, no public transport on Christmas Day. Only ๐ŸฆŒ ๐Ÿ›ท will be available

๐ŸŽ† New Year's Eve: most TfL services, including most of Tube & Elizabeth Line, will run all night

๐Ÿšง Planned engineering works throughout the festive season on DLR ๐Ÿฌ, Elizabeth Line ๐Ÿ‘พ, National Rail ๐Ÿš† & Overground ๐ŸŠ=

โœจ App is up to date

Sat 23 December

โœ… Standard schedule on all routes + Night Tube into Sunday

๐Ÿšง Planned engineering works:

  • ๐Ÿฌ DLR: no service Canary Wharf - Poplar / Westferry
  • ๐Ÿš† National Rail: no Southeastern service from / to Victoria
  • ๐ŸŠ Overground: no service Clapham Jn - Surrey Quays

Sun 24 December

โœ… Standard day services + Tube & Bus finish at normal Sunday working hours (around midnight)

โš ๏ธ Amended schedule:

  • No Night Buses into Monday
  • Early finish on ๐Ÿฌ DLR (22:30), ๐Ÿ‘พ Elizabeth Line (23:00), ๐Ÿš† National Rail & ๐ŸŠ Overground (21:30)

๐Ÿšง Planned engineering works:

  • ๐Ÿฌ DLR: no service Canary Wharf - Poplar / Westferry
  • ๐Ÿ‘พ Elizabeth Line: no service Ealing Broadway - Paddington
  • ๐Ÿš† National Rail: no Southeastern service from / to Victoria
  • ๐ŸŠ Overground: no service Clapham Jn - Surrey Quays

Mon 25 December

โŒ No public transport will be running

๐Ÿ’ก Scooters, bicyle hire & taxi services are available. Coaches will also be working

Tue 26 December

โŒ No service on ๐Ÿ‘พ Elizabeth Line & ๐Ÿš† National Rail (except to Gatwick & Stansted Airports โœˆ๏ธ)

๐ŸŠ Overground only on routes below:

  • Stratford - Clapham Jn / Richmond
  • Highbury & Islington - West Croydon / Crystal Palace / New Cross

โœ… Standard schedule with a late start on all other routes.

๐Ÿšง Planned engineering works:

  • ๐Ÿค  Bakerloo: no service Queen's Park - Harrow & Wealdstone
  • ๐Ÿฌ DLR: no service Canary Wharf - Poplar / Westferry

Wed 27 to Sat 30 December

โœ… Standard schedule on all routes

๐Ÿšง Planned engineering works on ๐Ÿฌ DLR, ๐Ÿ‘พ Elizabeth line, ๐Ÿš† National Rail ๐ŸŠ Overground throughout that period. App up-to-date โœ…

Sun 31 December

โœ… Standard daytime schedule on all routes

๐ŸŽ† All night services on the entire Tube (yay!), except on the Waterloo & City line, and from / to Kensington (Olympia)

๐ŸŒ  Also all night services on: 

  • ๐Ÿš Buses
  • ๐Ÿฌ DLR
  • ๐Ÿ‘พ Elizabeth Line (โš ๏ธ except from / to Heathrow)
  • ๐ŸŠ Overground:
    • Liverpool St - Cheshunt / Chingford / Enfield
    • Highbury & Islington - Crystal Palace / West Croydon
    • Stratford - Clapham Jn / Richmond
  • ๐Ÿ€ Trams: Wimbledon - Beckenham Jn / New Addington

๐Ÿš† Some National Rail services will run late, but not all night

โ›”๏ธ Bus diversions in Central London starting in the afternoon due to road and bridge closures. All the areas highlighted below will be closed to all traffic, meaning no buses will be circulating there:

(Credit: Transport for London)

๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿพ‍โ™‚๏ธ There will be a firework event in Central London. The area will be very busy, so stations may be exit or interchange only 

๐Ÿ’ท No free travel overnight

๐Ÿšง Planned engineering works:

  • ๐Ÿš† National Rail: no Southeastern & Thameslink service from / to Victoria

Mon 1 January

โš ๏ธ Weekend schedules on all routes

๐Ÿšง Planned engineering works:

  • ๐Ÿš† National Rail: no Southeastern & Thameslink service from / to Victoria
  • ๐ŸŠ Overground: no service Clapham Jn - Surrey Quays  

Tue 2 January

โœ… Standard schedule on all routes

  • ๐ŸŠ Overground: no service Clapham Jn - Surrey Quays after 21:00

Voilà!

App will stay up to date over the holidays. Seasons greetings!

๐Ÿ’š Team Citymapper ๐Ÿ’š