The Need for Night Tubes

It’s surprising how crowded the tube is at night,

At times when they should be a traveller’s delight;

Instead they are often full up to the brim

And journeys at midnight can be just as grim

As they are in the rush hour, when many must stand,

And numbers who squeeze in can get out of hand.

There’s really a need for the tube to still run,

So workers and those who’ve been out having fun,

Can travel much later and not have to rush

To make that late journey, in spite of the crush.

But now a year after they should have begun,

We’re getting some lines which are scheduled to run

On Fridays and Saturdays all through the night,

With other lines joining them later in sight.