What is the Northern Line Timetable?

The Northern Line is one of the busiest tube lines on the London Underground with 840,000 people using the service on weekdays. The timetable was a strategy that sought to simplify the Northern line and make the service more efficient. It had two key objectives:
 
• Allow quicker recovery from late running and delayed trains
• Respond to the increasing passenger demand by boosting the services to the Bank branch in the peak.
 
By operating a simpler service pattern in both the weekday off-peak and at weekends customers now have a much more reliable service both at these times and also in the weekday peak because it is so much easier for us to recover from any late running and delay.

Improvement in congestion

Congestion has been reduced on some of the most overcrowded parts of the line. This has been achieved by increasing capacity on the Bank branch by 10% in the morning rush hour, reducing overcrowding between London Bridge and Bank.

Overall, platform wait time between Clapham and Stockwell has decreased by 5% - in spite of increased demand.

Information on early evening station closures – current and coming up
 
As you are probably aware, all stations on the Northern line are being, or have been modernised. Station modernisations include improvements to customer information, accessibility, safety and security and decor.
 
Early closures are currently taking place at the following stations from 22:00, Sundays –Thursdays to facilitate modernisation work:
 
• Tooting Bec – until late November
• Clapham North – until late November
• Colliers Wood – until 23 December
 
Early closures are due to take place to facilitate modernisations at the following stations in future:
 
• Clapham South – from late November until mid April 2010 (normal opening hours apply during the Christmas break, ie 23 December – 3 January)
• South Wimbledon – from early January 2010 until late May 2010.