Transport for London has announced that up to 40 London Underground stations that do not interchange with other lines will be closed until further notice.
This follows on from the Government's advice to stop all non-essential social contact.
From Friday morning (20 March), there will be no service on the Waterloo & City line.
On Friday and Saturday nights, there will be no all-night ‘Night Tube' service or the all-night ‘Night Overground' service that currently runs on the East London line.
Late services on the Tube and Overground will continue to run, with trains running late into the night on all days.
From Monday 23 March, Transport for London will start to reduce the frequency of other train services on the network.
TfL is aiming to run Tube trains every 4 minutes in Zone 1, however, there is the possibility that this will reduce further.
Similarly, from next week until further notice, London Overground, TfL Rail, the DLR and London Trams will run fewer services.
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The stations that are closing are:
- Lambeth North
- Regents Park
- Warwick Avenue
- Kilburn Park
- Charing Cross
- Holland Park
- Queensway
- Lancaster Gate
- Chancery Lane
- Redbridge
- Bayswater
- Great Portland Street
- Barbican
- Bow Road
- Stepney Green
- Mansion House
- Temple
- St James's Park
- Gloucester Road
- Swiss Cottage
- St John's Wood
- Bermondsey
- Southwark
- Tuffnell Park
- Chalk Farm
- Mornington Crescent
- Goodge Street
- Borough
- Clapham South
- Tooting Bec
- South Wimbledon
- Hampstead
- Caledonian Road
- Arsenal
- Covent Garden
- Hyde Park Corner
- Bounds Green
- Manor House
- Pimlico
- Blackhorse Road
What did the officials say?
London's Transport Commissioner, Mike Brown MVO, said:
“The advice from Government is clear – people should now only be making journeys that are absolutely essential. We and our staff are doing everything we can to ensure that people who need to make essential journeys can continue to do so.
“To make sure we can do that there will be a number of changes to the services we provide, including suspending the Night Tube and Night Overground, suspending the Waterloo & City line and closing some stations to ensure we can staff key locations. Night bus services still continue to run so that people making critical journeys can get to where they need to at all times.
“Everyone should follow the advice of Public Health England to ensure they are doing everything they can to stay safe and limit the spread of the virus.”
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said:
“People should not be travelling, by any means, unless they really, really have to. Londoners should be avoiding social interaction unless absolutely necessary, and that means they should be avoiding using the transport network unless absolutely necessary.
“London will get through these extraordinarily challenging times, and ensuring the capital's critical workers can move around the city will be crucial.
“Frontline staff across our health and care service – as well as those ensuring Londoners stay safe and can access food and other essentials – should be commended for their hard work. We owe it to them to do whatever we can to help them do their jobs effectively.
“I'm urging Londoners to only use public transport for essential journeys. Everyone should follow this and the other advice to help keep themselves and each other safe.”
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Surely this is forcing MORE peeps together at the nearest interchanges?!