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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 20, 2016 0:19:04 GMT
But now London Underground stops running revenue services and when trains are safely stabled for the night - engineering hours commence.
But on two of the lines on a Friday and Saturday night there will not be engineering hours on the Victoria and Central Line, because this morning Night Tube commences, where there will be trains running all night from 05:15 Friday to 00:01 Monday.
I hope this serves theatre fans and theatre employees well, in the future.
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Post by andrew on Aug 20, 2016 0:44:21 GMT
I love the idea of night tube, and hope it serves people well, but at the moment 'Night Suburban Mainline Rail Services' would be more welcome for people who live in my neck of the woods. One step at a time!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 8:29:34 GMT
when trains are safely stabled for the night Wrapped up in their blankets and with a nosebag of carrots? |
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Post by Snciole on Aug 20, 2016 12:31:13 GMT
I love the idea of night tube, and hope it serves people well, but at the moment 'Night Suburban Mainline Rail Services' would be more welcome for people who live in my neck of the woods. One step at a time! Yes, currently in the middle of moving from Streatham to Croydon and whilst going to Brixton will be useful I am still relying on night buses! |
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Post by Jan on Aug 22, 2016 15:59:47 GMT
And now it's actually possible to get to Heathrow on the tube on a Sunday morning in time for the first few hours of flights. So I expect they'll put the prices up for them.
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Post by Michael on Aug 22, 2016 16:11:22 GMT
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Post by martin1965 on Aug 22, 2016 16:20:48 GMT
Am from london originally, now in midlands. This is massively overdue nit welcome nonetheless. How could London say it was genuingly a world city when the tube didnt run 24 hours?! It can only be good😀
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Post by Jon on Aug 22, 2016 16:23:58 GMT
London Overground is getting night services by next year and the DLR by 2021. I'm surprised the DLR is taking that long to get night services as its driverless.
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 22, 2016 19:39:59 GMT
My response to this tweet from The Stage is a resounding No!
It's often tight enough for those of us who are non-Londoners to get trains after shows without finish times being made later. What's the point of being able to get a tube later if it takes you to a station with no trains still running!
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Post by Michael on Aug 22, 2016 19:57:26 GMT
Or if you're, like me, a morning person? I think a 7.30pm start is just fine.
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Post by 49thand8th on Aug 22, 2016 20:14:38 GMT
The NYC subway runs 24 hours a day (on most lines) and our start times are still 7, 7:30, and 8. Why would anyone even propose changing these in the West End?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2016 20:43:49 GMT
Why would anyone even propose changing these in the West End? 1) They're idiots who know nothing about life outside London. 2) They're idiots who know nothing. 3) They're desperate for retweets. Take your pick. |
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Post by Michael on Aug 22, 2016 20:46:28 GMT
Why would anyone even propose changing these in the West End? 1) They're idiots who know nothing about life outside London. 2) They're idiots who know nothing. 3) They're desperate for retweets. Take your pick. You forgot: 4) All of the above. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 23, 2016 0:55:03 GMT
The NYC subway runs 24 hours a day (on most lines) and our start times are still 7, 7:30, and 8. Why would anyone even propose changing these in the West End? New York subway is completely different to London. London was the pioneer travel for tube travel, which is great but being pioneers we made many mistakes that other countries avoided. In New York case, they built their subway with 4 tracks, 2 up and 2 down, so at night you can close 2 of these racks down to carry out essential maintenance, whilst running a service on the other 2 tracks. In London you cannot do this. in New York there is no real tube tunnels, except under the rivers, it is all cut and cover, like the District, Metropolitian, Circle and Hammersmith and Circle over here. Subway travel in New York is cheaper, but London Underground is cleaner, more frequent, we have better platform dot matrixinformation (it's getting better in New York, more escalators and the British bottom is far more delicate, than the American bottom and needs a more comfortable seat!!! The New York Subway has great air conditioning which London only has on the cut and cover lines listed above, it's not possible to have these on tube trains. Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee Lines will come online to provide a night service soon. In my opinion TFL should charge a premium for night services, how much would someone have to pay for a black cab before? |
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Post by 49thand8th on Aug 23, 2016 3:40:10 GMT
Ah, I see what you mean. I've been to London four times and have taken the Tube each time -- always love how clean it is but not that I could make out with the person across from me if I wanted to.  Most of the subway cars here have awesome AC. But ill and elderly people faint on the platforms in the summer. It's a problem. |
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Post by stuartww on Aug 23, 2016 11:59:24 GMT
I love the idea of night tube, and hope it serves people well, but at the moment 'Night Suburban Mainline Rail Services' would be more welcome for people who live in my neck of the woods. One step at a time! Yes, currently in the middle of moving from Streatham to Croydon and whilst going to Brixton will be useful I am still relying on night buses! At least when you are in Croydon you will be able to get the hourly thameslink from St Pancras or Blackfriars to East Croydon... |
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Post by Snciole on Aug 23, 2016 12:17:59 GMT
Oh my goodness, I had no idea this was a thing! Thanks so much, Stuart!
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Post by Michael on Aug 23, 2016 12:28:55 GMT
Are Southern trains still such a mess, or is their service back to normal?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 14:39:25 GMT
Are Southern trains still such a mess, or is their service back to normal? How could anyone tell? (Or was that the joke?) |
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Post by Michael on Aug 23, 2016 14:49:34 GMT
Are Southern trains still such a mess, or is their service back to normal? How could anyone tell? (Or was that the joke?) Maybe I omitted the final "bad" after normal? Seriously, I'm only taking their trains between Victoria or London Bridge and East Croydon to get to and from my hotel and until this June, I could never complain. Plenty of trains during every hour of the day, but admittedly, I can take pretty much every train that stops at East Croydon and departs from Victoria and London Bridge and don't know how the service is for people living in the south of England. But this June, there were lots of cancellations and the few trains that were running were jam-packed - apparently because of staff shortages. At least that's what the posters were saying. People in my trains were complaining loudly that that's been going on for quite a while. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 20:43:20 GMT
At the moment The Stage's poll is 8 to 1 against a change in performance times.
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Post by d'James on Aug 23, 2016 21:00:01 GMT
In general I'd say no but maybe occasionally they could do late performances in addition to 1930 ones. I can only imagine how horrible that would be as a performer and you'd have an audience full of drunk people potentially.
Drunken Sing-Along Mamma Mia might be fun once a year. (Deep down I can't think of anything worse.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 21:11:41 GMT
Drunken Sing-Along Mamma Mia might be fun once a year. (Deep down I can't think of anything worse.) Being the designated driver would be worse. |
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Post by Jon on Aug 23, 2016 21:36:51 GMT
I think for a 90 minute show, a 10pm show might work but shows are at 7.30pm for a reason.
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Post by theatremiss on Aug 24, 2016 8:48:32 GMT
I live a 1hr 20min train journey home. At the moment I can make a reasonably slow (I have trouble rushing due to hip/knee issues) journey back to Waterloo, grab a takeaway cuppa and get on the last train. If shows finish later I could end up not being able to do this. My choices would be:
1. Drive into central London with all the hassle that entails
2. Drive to a closer train station (about 40 mins to find one that has later and more regular trains going in my general direction)
3. Try for weekend matinees - that will limit me to only 1 show per week assuming I had every Sat (and possibly Sun) free
4. Take days off work to go to mid-week matinees
5. Spend my money on more regional theatre (but in fairness I do that anyway) and forget about the West End
I'm not keen and I can't imagine the performers, creatives and orchestras would want this either
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