Remembrance day travel advice: How to get around London as some tube lines shut

Five Tube lines will have closures over the weekend, but TfL hopes the changes won't cause too many delays
Nick Ansell / PA
Sian Baldwin9 November 2023

Buses will replace trains during the disruption on the London Underground this weekend, as the capital ramps up for Remembrance Sunday.

As well as the traditional remembrance event on Sunday, tens of thousands of demonstrators calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s attacks on Gaza are also planning to take to the streets of London on Armistice Day on Saturday, November 11.

The Metropolitan Police has vowed to use all its powers to stop disruption of Remembrance weekend commemorations amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but now there could be travel disruptions on top.

To mark the Remembrance Day on Sunday, which for 2023 is a commemoration of the end of the First World War, five London buses have been wrapped with poppies.

Here is everything we know about the travel disruptions planned:

Which London Underground lines will be shut and when?

Closures will take place on Saturday, November 11, and will last throughout the day until early afternoon.

Buses will be enlisted to replace the Circle, Jubilee, District, and Hammersmith and City lines for the Saturday. It is expected that the closures will begin at the start of the day and will continue until around 3pm.

What work is happening?

Transport for London (TfL) says a new signalling system is being installed on that day. It is thought that the new technology will also be tested on the Saturday, to see how efficient it is at improving journeys, and check that it is working.

Transport for London say that travel will be returned as normal in time for Remembrance Sunday.

How can you travel to the event on Remembrance Sunday?

In previous years, transport has been made free for serving members of the military and veterans on Remembrance Sunday and that will be the same for this year, too.

Those who qualify will be attending the ceremony at the Cenotaph in London this year will be able to travel to and from any London terminal for free.

To get free travel, personnel should either be in uniform or show their MoD ID card or Veterans Railcard.

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