End Tube Insanity
London is an amazing city. A city of culture, history and diversity. A city with a mayor who collects newts. A city with a huge Ferris wheel. A city where the clubs and bars stay open ’til three at the weekend… But a city that’s an absolute nightmare to get home from after midnight.
Every weekend millions of us are forced to either go home early or face the prospect of a torturously slow journey on a night bus full of barking loons. Or to pay a fortune for a cab which “ain’t going south (or north) this late”. And all because the Underground system in this amazing 24-hour city of ours shuts down just after midnight. Even at weekends.
It’s insane.
But it doesn’t have to be like that. We pay for the Underground system with our tickets and taxes and so there is absolutely no reason why it shouldn’t operate on our terms.
We’re creating a petition to be sent to both The Mayor and Transport For London – the two bodies who together control London Underground – demanding that the Tube be kept running until at least 3am on Friday and Saturday nights.
Why not sign the late tube petition now?
Signed! Even though I live in Manchester… #20,992. Good luck! Common sense must win out in the end.
Let’s hope so, but it would be a first when it comes to town planning and public transport in the UK!