Tube breaks record for passenger numbers

Transport for London revealed today that Friday 7 December 2007 was the busiest day on the Tube ever. The London Underground network carried well over four million passengers (estimated at 4.17 million passengers). This exceeds the total on 8 December 2006 when Tube journeys achieved around four million journeys for the first time. Saturday 1 December also broke a new record for weekend travel on the Tube. Almost three million passengers used the Tube - most of them on their way to do their Christmas shopping.