LONDON Underground has smashed the record for its busiest day ever.

Figures released by Transport for London (TfL) show that 4.821 million passengers used the Tube last Friday (December 4), beating the previous record of 4.795 million on November 27 this year.

Last week was also the busiest in the Tube’s history with 28.76 million journeys, beating the previous record of 28.69 million journeys set in the last week of October this year.

In addition, 18 of the top 20 busiest days ever recorded on the London Underground network are in 2015.

More than 1.3 billion people use the network each year, and the number of journeys has risen by a third since 2001.

Nick Brown, London Underground’s managing director, said: “The Tube continues to break records for the number of customers we’re carrying as London’s economy and population keeps on growing. The vast majority of the busiest days in the Tube’s 152-year history have been recorded this year.”

“The current work to improve London Underground is one of the largest programmes of infrastructure investment in the world.

“We will continue to invest all our income in modernising the service, improving reliability, train capacity and frequency, and upgrading major stations to provide a Tube network fit for the world city it serves.”