Crouch End has no Night Tube station, so the trip home ends on a half-hourly night bus and saves about five minutes. Times checked for November 2026.
The Night Tube is 10 years old, and on a Friday or Saturday night it saves someone heading from Oxford Circus to Crouch End Broadway only about five minutes against the all-bus journey on a weeknight. Crouch End has no station, so the last stretch is still a night bus that comes roughly every half hour.
Elsewhere in the area the difference is far bigger. On the same check, Tottenham Hale came out 36 minutes quicker and Bounds Green 34.
Transport for London (TfL) marked the anniversary on Thursday 5 November with a report written with Time Out, called London After Dark. It says more than 81,000 Night Tube journeys are now made on an average night, and that 88 per cent of the Londoners questioned have stayed out later because they knew public transport was running. It gives no figures for Haringey.
Who gains and who does not
We asked TfL’s journey planner for the first option after 2.30am from Oxford Circus on two nights: early on Saturday 7 November, with the Night Tube running, and early on Thursday 19 November, without it. The times run from when you leave Oxford Circus to when you arrive, so they do not count any wait for the first train or bus.
| Going to | Night Tube night (minutes) | Weeknight (minutes) | Minutes saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tottenham Hale | 15 | 51 | 36 |
| Bounds Green | 23 | 57 | 34 |
| Seven Sisters | 14 | 45 | 31 |
| Manor House | 15 | 39 | 24 |
| Wood Green | 20 | 39 | 19 |
| Turnpike Lane | 18 | 36 | 18 |
| Finsbury Park | 10 | 27 | 17 |
| Highgate | 19 | 32 | 13 |
| Crouch End Broadway | 37 | 41 | 4 |
| Muswell Hill | 43 | 41 | None |
The Crouch End gap held up at other times of night. After 1.30am the planner gave 36 minutes on the Night Tube night and 43 on the weeknight. After 3.30am it gave 38 and 41.
Muswell Hill depends on the connection you land on. The 43 minutes above goes by the Victoria and Northern lines to East Finchley and then the 102 bus. Taking the Victoria line to Warren Street and then the 134 took 40 minutes that night, and a connection using the Victoria, the Northern and the 134 took 30 minutes early on Saturday 14 November.
These are planned services for particular nights, and engineering work can change them, so check again before you travel.
The stations that serve this area
The Night Tube runs on Friday and Saturday nights. TfL’s route data puts eight stations around Crouch End on it:
- Victoria line: Finsbury Park, Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale
- Piccadilly line: Finsbury Park, Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green and Bounds Green
- Northern line, High Barnet branch: Highgate
On the planner, Victoria line trains left Oxford Circus every 10 minutes after 2.30am on 7 November, and Piccadilly line trains left Finsbury Park every 10 minutes. Northern line trains for Highgate left Euston every 15 minutes.
The bus is the bottleneck
From Oxford Circus the planner’s quickest route to the Broadway is the Victoria line to Finsbury Park, the Piccadilly line to Turnpike Lane, then the N41. The planner’s trains for that connection left Oxford Circus at 02:19 and 02:49, with a Seven Sisters change for the N41 from 03:19. Leave at 02:49 and you reach the Broadway at about 03:26, with the short walk included. Miss that bus and the next one reaches the stop at 03:52.
The N41 timetable has it reaching the Broadway from the Turnpike Lane side at 02:20, 02:50, 03:21, 03:52 and 04:22 on a Friday night. The N91 comes through from Wood Green every half hour too, reaching the Broadway at 03:23 on the Friday night and 03:28 on the Saturday. It arrives within a few minutes of the N41, so it does little to shorten the wait.
The obvious bus up from Finsbury Park does not help. TfL’s W7 timetable shows no journeys between about 1am and 5am, and the planner did not offer it at 3am.
If you would rather walk, the planner gives these times to the Broadway:
- From Highgate station: 25 minutes
- From Finsbury Park station: 29 minutes
- From Turnpike Lane station: 31 minutes
The first day bus we found after the night buses was the 41 from Turnpike Lane at 04:34, reaching the Broadway at 04:41.
The buses here are due to change. TfL has decided to extend the 91 to Wood Green and reroute the N91 through Haringey Heartlands, with no start date announced when we reported on it in August.
The nights it will not get you home
Saturday night, 14 to 15 November: TfL’s status notice says there is no Saturday Night Tube between East Finchley or Golders Green and Morden from 01:30 to 05:30 on Sunday 15 November, and tells people to use night buses. That takes out Highgate. The planner’s first option from Oxford Circus after 2.30am was the Victoria line to Warren Street and then the 134, leaving at 02:49 and arriving at 03:20, which is 31 minutes rather than the usual 19.
The Victoria line and the Piccadilly line through Haringey have no such notice that night, so the Crouch End route above was still showing on the planner.
Further ahead: TfL’s planned closures list, dated 3 November, also shows:
- Friday 26 February 2027: no Piccadilly line Night Tube between King’s Cross St Pancras and Cockfosters
- Saturday 6 March 2027: no Piccadilly line between Cockfosters and Heathrow, including the Saturday Night Tube
- Saturday 3 April 2027: no Northern line Saturday Night Tube between East Finchley and Morden, which includes Highgate
- 10 to 11 April and 8 to 9 May 2027: the entire Piccadilly line shut, including the Friday and Saturday Night Tube
Closures nearer to home are on our roadworks and travel page.
What the report found
Around 200 Londoners from Time Out’s own research community took part in a week-long study from 16 to 23 September, through surveys, diaries, creative tasks and personal stories. Six people from the night-time economy were also interviewed. So the percentages describe that group rather than a poll of all Londoners.
TfL’s main findings:
- 88 per cent have stayed out later because they knew public transport was running
- 77 per cent say knowing how they will get home matters when deciding where to go
- 55 per cent believe great nights out are increasingly spread across the capital rather than concentrated in central London
The report follows a separate Time Out analysis that put London first among 26 European capitals for nightlife and public transport combined, ahead of Vienna and Paris. It drew on 5,848 responses in 23 languages, with people rating their own city on a five-point scale and the two scores weighted equally.
TfL’s list of new nightlife openings this autumn takes in Battersea Power Station, St Paul’s Cathedral, Covent Garden and the Royal Docks. None of the venues on it is in Haringey. The full report is available from Time Out through a form.
Ten years in numbers
The first Night Tube ran on the Central and Victoria lines on 19 August 2016. The Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines followed later that year. TfL gives these figures:
- More than 50,000 journeys on the first night
- More than 81,000 journeys on an average night now, with Saturdays typically busier than Fridays
- More than 67 million customers carried on Night Tube and Night Overground services since 2016
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “For the past decade, the Night Tube has been a defining feature of London as a world-leading 24-hour city, helping Londoners and visitors enjoy everything our great capital has to offer, and supporting our vital workers and businesses to boost our night-time economy.”
He added: “This report really brings to life how the Night Tube connects Londoners and visitors with our city’s incredible cultural offering, helping people discover new venues and events in new parts of the capital while ensuring they can travel home safely and affordably at any hour.”
Claire Mann, TfL’s Chief Operating Officer, said: “London at night has changed significantly over the past decade, and the Night Tube has evolved alongside it, helping people travel to work, meet friends and enjoy everything the capital has to offer after dark.”
Coral Anderson, co-owner and managing director of Swift Bars, said: “When people know they can get home easily, they’re more likely to explore a new neighbourhood, stay for another drink and make the most of everything London has to offer.”
Ed Richardson, programme director for transport at BusinessLDN, said: “Keeping the city moving after dark will be key to helping its night-time economy continue to thrive.”
Step-free access and phone signal
TfL says 50 Night Tube stations now have step-free access, counting the recently upgraded Colindale, Knightsbridge and Northolt. It lists further improvements at Burnt Oak and Leyton, and enabling works at South Kensington due later this year. None of those is in Haringey.
All stations are staffed while open and have full CCTV coverage, TfL says. It also says it is on track for high-speed mobile coverage across the whole Tube network, including in tunnels, by the end of the year, with more than 70 per cent of underground stations already covered by 4G and 5G.
What it means for you
- Heading to Crouch End: aim for the train that meets the N41 at Turnpike Lane, and check the bus time before you leave Oxford Circus. The half-hour wait matters more than the speed of the Tube.
- Living near Highgate: plan on a night bus for Saturday night on 14 November.
- Heading to Tottenham, Wood Green or Bounds Green: you get most of the gain, because the Tube does the whole trip and the trains come every 10 minutes.
- On any other night: the N41 and N91 still run, and the trains page covers Hornsey and the other seven stations by day.
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