Underground trains will run all night for jubilee bank holiday

London Underground will run trains throughout the night on the golden jubilee bank holiday for only the third time in its 139-year history.

People returning from celebrations late on Monday 3 June will be able to use a service that ran previously only for the coronation of George VI in 1937 and on Millennium Eve.

Yesterday, as details of the integrated transport plan for the jubilee were released, London Underground said it would be running four services an hour on lines between 2am and 7.30am on Tuesday 4 June.

Thousands of people are expected to descend upon the capital, the focal point of the celebrations between 1 and 4 June, for a series of events.

On Monday afternoon there will be a gun salute and a BBC music festival in Hyde Park and in the evening there will be a pop concert in Buckingham Palace Gardens, a beacon lit on The Mall and a fireworks display.

A royal procession starting on Tuesday morning will go to St Paul's Cathedral from Buckingham Palace via the Strand, Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, and return in the afternoon, after a thanksgiving service and lunch at Guildhall.

Screens will be set up in Hyde Park, Green Park and St James's Park to show the events.

Three million guides entitled A Glorious Celebration have been produced listing the transport arrangements. Yesterday organisers advised visitors to use public transport because a traffic limitation zone across central London is expected to cause congestion.

Routes across Hyde Park, Piccadilly, Belgravia, Westminster, Pimlico, Victoria, Embankment, Covent Garden, Holborn, Waterloo, Blackfriars, Southwark and the City will be closed at various times during the celebrations.

As well as extended Tube services, night buses will operate throughout the weekend.

Peter Hendy, of Transport for London (TFL), who is in charge of the capital's buses, said: "Our message is: Don't use your car, use public transport, plan your journey and have fun."

A TFL spokeswoman said that from 5pm on 3 June to 8pm the following day bus services would have the capacity to move up to 750,000 people.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Andy Trotter of the Metropolitan Police explained that more than 10,000 officers would be on duty during the four-day period.

"Our role will be to ensure the safety of London, those taking part in the celebrations are safe and make sure the four days pass as smoothly as possible," he said.