# Your night is my day: London’s Underground never sleeps

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Oliver Green
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/your-night-my-day-londons-underground-never-sleeps)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

As the commuters of London leave and the last tubes close their doors for the night, there are bands of people across the city descending unseen to work on the tube lines. What are they doing and what difference does it make to the lives of everyday commuting Londoners? Oliver Green explains the essential work that goes on at night that maintains our 150-year-old underground system, but which no commuters ever see. This is a part of the Mondays at One series of lectures on 'London After Dark'. The other lectures in this series are:

## Lectures

1. [Your night is my day: London’s Underground never sleeps](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/your-night-my-day-londons-underground-never-sleeps/174e5aaec949) (YouTube)