London Underground has delayed the Night Tube, expected to have run from 12 September, sources have claimed.
Details remain scarce but The Independent understands that the implementation of the Night Tube service – expected to run across five London Underground line on Friday and Saturday nights from 12 September – will be delayed.
It comes as three unions -TSSA, Unite and RMT - prepare to strike twice more in August. Aslef confirmed on Wednesday that their members did not intend to join the latest strikes. Acas meetings to resolve the dispute, centred about the implementation of the Night Tube, have so far not proved successful.
A spokesperson for Transport for London told The Independent that “no announcement had been made as yet.”
It follows London Mayor Boris Johnson's comments during the last strike in which he appeared to suggest that the Night Tube system would not start from 12 September.
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Interviewed on LBC radio, Mr Johnson said he was "not fussed" when the Night Tube service would start, instead claiming that it would be at some point in the autum.
A spokesperson for the London Mayor's office told The Independent they could "neither confirm or deny" reports about the possible delay of the service.
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