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Later weekend trains for the Tube

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    The Tube will run later at weekends from May 2007, the mayor has announced.

    Ken Livingstone said the London Underground would run until 0100 on Friday and Saturday nights - 30 minutes later than current timetables.

    There will also be change for morning services, with trains running from 0630 rather than 0530 on Saturdays. Sunday morning services will remain unchanged, beginning at 0700.

    A passengers' watchdog has called for alternative transport to be laid on for Saturday morning workers affected by later running services.

    Original London Underground (LU) plans to run Tube trains an hour later on Fridays and Saturdays were changed to try to ease weekend workers' fears. The proposals raised fears that shift workers and those catching flights from Heathrow would be affected.

    The time changes came after a public consultation which attracted 54,000 responses - most of which favoured a later weekend Tube service.

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    SOURCE: BBC
     
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