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'Night Tube' services launch on London Overground, DLR and majority of Tube lines

All-night rail services are to start running at weekends on most Tube lines, the London Overground and Docklands Light Railway.

According to the BBC, weekend trains are due to start running 24-hours on the Piccadilly, Victoria, Central, Jubilee and Northern lines by the end of the year.

London Mayor Boris Johnson is hoping that night-time services will be extended to the Metropolitan, Circle, District, and Hammersmith & City lines by 2021.

Services will be extended on the London Overground in 2017 and the Docklands Light Railway by 2021.

The plans are part of a six-point long term economic plan Chancellor George Osborne and Johnson said would contribute £6.4 billion to the London economy by 2030 and create half a million new jobs.

The government said it will provide £10 billion of funding for investment in new London transport infrastructure over the next parliament, as the population of the capital is expected to reach 10 million by the early 2030s.

The “Night Tube” was announced in November 2013, with all-night services expected to run on Fridays and Saturdays on the Piccadilly, Victoria, Central, Jubilee and Northern lines from September.

Mr Osborne said: “We live in a 24-hour city, and the mayor is going to set out how our plan will deliver a 24-hour Tube operation to support it.”

Mr Johnson said: “As London’s population continues to grow, it is investments in infrastructure such as this which will ensure that the capital remains competitive and the best big city to live in.”

Labour London Assembly member Tom Copley said: “With fares up more than 40% under Boris Johnson passengers rightly expect to see improvements but the fact is these plans won’t come into effect until well after Boris Johnson and George Osborne have left power.”

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