Author: Transport for London
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Welcome everyone
Welcome everyone
Author: Transport for London
Published:
Read below for TfL’s latest Safer Travel Guidance:
Consider walking and cycling. Choose quieter times and routes to travel.
Find out more about what you can and cannot do on the Government website.
When you are travelling on public transport, follow these safety and hygiene measures. They help protect you and everyone else on the transport network.
Find out how we’re making bus journeys safer on the Using buses page.
We have enhanced our cleaning regime. We are:
Since September 2020, Imperial College London has run monthly tests for all virus variants on the transport network. Sampling has taken place at a variety of stations and on buses and trains — with the locations changing for each round — and swabs taken from heavily touched areas and air tested for any airborne traces. None of the tests have found any traces of the virus.
You must wear a face covering, over your nose and mouth, for the full duration of journeys on the public transport network (and in taxis and private hire vehicles). If you do not, you could be denied travel, or receive a minimum £200 fine (reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days) which will double each time you are caught not wearing a face covering, up to £6,400.
Exemptions apply for age, health and disability reasons.
Find out more on our face coverings page.
Check the rules on National Rail services.
We’ve added more than 1,000 hand sanitiser points to:
If possible, consider travelling at quiet times when there is more space and use our travel tools for the latest information. If there are significant delays, consider other routes, or walking or cycling where possible.
Check the status of Tube, London Overground, TfL Rail, DLR, and tram services.
Check out walking and cycling routes and our page of walking maps, which includes a map of walking routes around West End retail destinations.
Plan ahead with the TfL Go app or our Journey Planner and sign up for our email updates for more information.
Find out more about quieter times to travel on public transport. These times may change as circumstances change.
Quieter times at local stations vary. Check how busy any station on the TfL network is, at any time of day.
If you’re travelling late at night, there is currently no Night Tube or Night Overground and there are limited Night Buses. Please plan your journey ahead of time.
Santander Cycles are available to hire 24 hours a day across central London. All Santander Cycles have built-in lights.
Taxi and private hire vehicles are running at night. You should wear a face covering for your entire journey.
We are operating a near-normal service across the network. Like other businesses, we may be affected by staff absence. This could mean some changes to service frequency or some short-notice station closures.
You can top up an Oyster card or buy tickets by paying with cash or by using your bank card at the ticket machines at most stations.
You can also top up using our free payments app and register your card online to set up auto-top-up.
Ticket machine accept cash at all Tube stations except Canary Wharf, Tottenham Hale and Finsbury Park.
Ticket machines at all London Overground and TfL Rail stations accept cash.
At some stations there will be queuing, and one-way systems are in place.
When waiting for a train, spread out along the platform. When the train arrives, wait for others to get off before you get on. On the train, sit apart from others whenever you can (except for people from the same household).
Stations may restrict entry or use queuing systems at short notice.
Check Tube station closures.
You should board your bus through the front door as usual and touch in as indicated or show your validated ticket to your driver. We’ve made safety improvements to driver screens on buses to help keep you and our drivers safe
Wheelchair users have priority in the wheelchair space. The wheelchair space can be shared with a buggy owner, providing the driver believes the space is big enough and the wheelchair user or mobility scooter user agrees to do so.
Get travel information for some of the largest NHS vaccination centres in London.
You must have an appointment to get a coronavirus vaccine at vaccination centres.
We have taken the first and last sets of doors out of use on all DLR trains. These doors are for staff use only and we are asking customers to move along the platform to use another set of doors.
Follow the Department for Transport’s safer travel guidance for private cars and other vehicles.
If you are driving, please plan ahead. The quietest times on roads are 10:00-15:00 and after 19:00 weekdays, and before 10:00 and after 18:00 on weekends.
Take extra care, as more people are walking and cycling.
Our staff are here to help with accessibility.
More about accessibility changes.
Our TfL Go app helps you plan travel on the move. Add it to your iOS and Android devices.
Also see our travel tools and Facebook TravelBot to plan your journey. Some stations have changed entrances and exits.