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This weekend is probably the most macabre weekend of the year. Halloween will fill London with ghouls and poltergeist on Friday, Day of the Dead festivities will lure deceased souls from the afterlife on Saturday and early Bonfire Night fireworks displays will celebrate the gruesome executions of Guy Fawkes and his conspirators 420 years ago on Sunday.
All that is to say, London’s public transport will be particularly in demand over the next few days. The good news is that there aren’t too many planned disruptions to catch you off-guard, though we can’t promise that there won’t be any last-minute cancellations or delays.
Watch out in particular if you’re planning to catch the Piccadilly night tube home from Halloween parties or to get to Heathrow Airport. Keep the frights to a minimum and plan ahead – here are all the planned disruptions to know about this weekend.
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London travel disruption and tube closures, October 31-November 2
Piccadilly line
- Friday October 31-Saturday November 1: No service between Hammersmith and Heathrow between 1.45am and 5.30am.
- There’ll be a bus replacement service PL1 between Hammersmith and Heathrow Terminal 5 calling at Turnham Green, Acton Town, South Ealing, Northfields, Boston Manor, Osterley, Hounslow East, Hounslow Central (Bell Corner), Hatton Cross and Heathrow Central Bus Station (for Terminals 2 and 3).
- Saturday November 1-Sunday November 2: No service between Acton Town and Heathrow (all terminals) or Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from 5.30am on Saturday and across the rest of the weekend
- Use the Elizabeth line for Heathrow Terminals 4 and 5 or the replacement bus service PL1.
- Use the Metropolitan line for stops between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge.
Waterloo and City line
- Only runs Monday to Friday
DLR
- Friday, October 31: No service between Prince Regent and Beckton
- Use replacement buses between Prince Regent and Gallions Reach via Royal Albert, Beckton Park, Cyprus and Beckton instead.
- Saturday, November 1-Sunday, November 2: No service between Shadwell and Tower Gateway or between Canning Town and Beckton.
- Use local buses, replacement bus or alternative Underground services.
- Cutty Sark station is closed until next spring. Find out more here
Mildmay line
- Sunday, November 2: Shut between Willesden Junction and Richmond all day and between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction until 9.30am. There’ll also be reduced services between Willesden Junction and Camden Road.
- Use the District line for services between Gunnersbury and Richmond or replacement bus service R between Willesden Junction and Gunnersbury via Acton Central, South Acton and Chiswick Park.
- For travel between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction, use local buses. Southern Railway services will only start at 9.30am an will terminate at Shepherds Bush.
London’s busiest train station will shut for 8 days over Christmas and New Year 2025.
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