There will be a more frequent service on the Central line during the busiest times of the day from mid-September.

There will also be more trains after 7pm on weekday evenings and on Saturdays during the day.

Some Central line services will be extended at peak times to operate to and from Epping instead of terminating or starting at Loughton or Debden.

On Saturday mornings from 8.00am the service will be increased from 18 trains to 24 trains an hour.

On Saturday afternoons until 6.30pm the service will increase to a train available around every two and a quarter minutes.

On Sundays, Central line trains will operate more frequently during the day and evenings from 10:30am to 9:00pm to three minutes between trains.

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: “The Tube is already more efficient than ever before, zipping passengers across our city to their homes and workplaces like a well-oiled machine.

“Now we are increasing services on the Waterloo & City and Central lines, giving passengers what they have asked for and helping to further ease congestion.”

Once these changes are in place the central line will have the most intensive train service in the UK during morning rush hour, running 34 trains an hour.