London travel disruption August bank holiday weekend: full list of tube and train closures for August 22-25

Every year, the August bank holiday brings big parties to the capital city. The biggest of all is, of course, Notting Hill Carnival which fills west London with flamboyant costumes, booming sound systems and mouthwatering Caribbean street food. But there’s also All Points East over in Victoria Park, Rally and Body Movements in Bermondsey, South Facing in Crystal Palace and the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival in Greenwich. 

Suffice to say, hundreds of thousands of people will be hopping on and off London’s public transport as part of their long weekend plans. With everything going on across the city, Londoners will be glad to know that planned train disruption this weekend is fairly minimal (though there may be some unpredictable disruptions).

While a number of stations around Notting Hill will be partly closed for the carnival (more on that below), there are no cancellations or reduced services scheduled along any of the London Underground lines – just a few on the Overground lines. Here’s the full breakdown. 

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Notting Hill Carnival travel disruption

The Central line towards Notting Hill is expected to be very, very busy on Sunday and Monday during Carnival. For the easiest, least crowded journey, TfL recommends getting the tube or Elizabeth line to Paddington and walking to Notting Hill from there. From east London you can catch the Weaver line to Liverpool Street, then take the Lizzie line to Paddington. From west London you can get off at Shepherd’s Bush station, which is a 20-minute walk from the event. 

The following stations around Notting Hill will be closed or partly closed on Sunday and Monday:

• Ladbroke Grove: closed all day
• Latimer Road: could temporarily close for short periods and will fully shut at 11.30pm
• Notting Hill Gate: Exit only from 11am to 6pm and District and Circle line trains won’t stop
• Westbourne Park: Exit only from 11am
• Holland Park: Exit only from 11am to 3pm and closes at 3pm
• Royal Oak: Exit only from 11am to 6pm and closes at 6pm 
• Kensal Green: Long queues expected outside the station in the afternoon and evening
• Kensal Rise: Chamberlayne Road entrance closes at 6pm, after which there’ll be a queuing system outside the Station Terrace entrance

Read our full guide to the best spots at Notting Hill Carnival 2025 and how to get there here. 

Plus: how to get to Notting Hill Carnival 2025.

Windrush line 

There’ll be no Windrush trains between Sydenham, and West Croydon before 8am on Sunday. 

Mildmay line

On Friday, the 9.59pm Mildmay train from Stratford to Richmond will terminate at Camden Road at 10.19pm and the 11.17pm train from Richmond to Willesden Junction won’t be running.

Then, on bank holiday Monday the following trains won’t run: 5.49am Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction; 6.02am Camden Road to Stratford; 6.24am, 7.44am, 8.46am Clapham Junction to Stratford; 6.29am, 8.53am, 5.15pm, 7.42pm Stratford to Richmond; 6.34am, 7.36am, 8.58am, 9.58am Stratford to Clapham Junction and the 7.45am, 4.08pm and 6.32pm Richmond to Stratford.

Lioness line

There’ll be reduced service along the Lioness line from Saturday to Monday. On Saturday from 6.30am to 8.30pm, all trains departing half past the hour will terminate at Kilburn High Road instead of Euston. Trains meant to depart Euston at quarter past the hour from 7.15am to 9.15pm will start at Kilburn High Road seven minutes later instead. 

On Sunday and bank holiday Monday, trains leaving Watford Junction at half past each hour from 11.30am to 8.30pm will also terminate at Kilburn High Road instead of Euston and all the trains from Euston at 15 minutes past each hour from 12.15pm to 9.15pm will similarly start at Kilburn High Road instead, seven minutes later.

Suffragette line

Friday’s 11.03pm Suffragette service from from Barking Riverside to Gospel Oak will terminate at Upper Holloway at 11.38pm.