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Free Hogmanay
travel in Edinburgh and London.
As London gears up to celebrate the
end of an unforgettable year for the
capital, Transport for London and Diageo
reveal the incredible operation on New
Year's Eve to ensure everyone gets home
safe – free of charge.
An army of thousands will work through
the night on New Year's Eve as Diageo
sponsors free public transport for the
second year running. Over the course of
the evening:
- Tube train doors will open and
close around 64,000 times between
11.45pm and 4.30am
More than 19,000 bus stops will be
visited by nearly 8,000 buses
- Buses will collectively clock up
at least 40,000 miles on the
capital's roads to get everyone home
after the party.
- The transport network's 400
escalators will cover a total of
39,000 miles during the night –
equivalent to lapping the world one
and a half times!
- A total of 561,496 miles will be
travelled to get around 2.5 million
people home.
- From its highest point (147m
above sea level, the Metropolitan
line near Amersham) to its deepest
section (32m deep on Jubilee line
through central London), travellers
on the Tube will rise and fall by
almost 180m – that's almost two
football pitches.
People in London who are visiting
friends, their favourite venue or
watching the Mayor of London's
spectacular fireworks display at the
river, will benefit from free travel on
services from 11.45pm on New Year's Eve
until 04.30am on New Year's Day. Tube,
DLR, Tramlink and bus services will run
all night and free travel will also
apply to London Overground trains
running until last train times.
Diageo will advertise across the TfL
network to remind everyone to celebrate
responsibly and get home safely, not
only on New Year's Eve but throughout
the festive season.
Tube travellers at central London
stations will also receive oyster card
holders featuring top tips from
Drinkaware for a great night out in the
run-up to Christmas.
Andrew Cowan, country director for
Diageo GB, commented: "This is a time
for great celebrations, especially after
what has been a tremendous year for
Great Britain. As always we want to
remind everyone that the best
celebrations are those that are enjoyed
responsibly.
"Getting home safely is the conclusion
to a great night out, and we hope our
campaign this year will encourage
everyone, on New Year's Eve and
throughout the festive period, not to
let good times go bad by drinking too
much."
Graeme Craig, Director of Commercial
Development at TfL said: "We are
delighted to enter our second year of
sponsorship with Diageo to ensure those
celebrating the end of what has been a
fantastic year for the capital and
seeing in the new one can get home
safely. We do advise passengers to check
before they travel and be aware that
some buses may be on diversion due to
road closures."
Hogmanay in
Edinburgh
This year for the first time Diageo will
also be sponsoring free travel in
Edinburgh for the Hogmanay celebrations.
The world renowned Hogmanay event will
host 80,000 partygoers, 20,000 of whom
will be able to travel home free of
charge on Lothian bus services.
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