In message , Basil Jet
writes
Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

So the answer to the original post (which I didn't see and I'll leave
that as an exercise for the reader to work out why) we could have
actually run a pretty full weekday timetable and had the staff to do
it. TfL (or whoever) decided to offer the service that was run.

I misunderstood the original post - I thought the service level through the
night was being discussed, and suggested that running a decent service
through New Years Eve and New Years Day and through the night between them
would require more drivers than LUL have.

The service though the night is staffed by volunteers (of which there
were plenty as I couldn't get a shift). That part is the only
difference from a normal day and will, indeed require a few more than
normal staff. I think only 15 or 20 duties though as after 0200 the
service does thin down a bit.
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