Step Free Access at Local Tube Stations Delayed

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TfL announce a further two year wait for platforms to be fully accessible

( Boston Manor Tube Station)

Plans to make some Ealing tube stations fully accessible are to be delayed for at least two years as Transport for London (TfL) seeks to cope with reduced revenues.

13 stations on the London Underground network were to be upgraded to have step-free access. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan announced funding for the plan in January which would have meant the stations being fully accessible by spring 2022.

However, in TfL's recently published business plan they state, “We are also working to deliver further step-free stations, including Boston Manor, Ruislip, North Ealing, Snaresbrook, Park Royal and Rickmansworth. These stations remain funded but will be delivered by the end of 2023/24, two years later than planned.”

Other stations that were to benefit were Burnt Oak, Debden, Hanger Lane, Ickenham, Northolt, Ruislip, Snaresbrook, Sudbury Hill and Wimbledon Park.

It was part of an allocation of an additional £200m the Mayor was investing in increasing the number of stations with step-free access.

This was to help bring the total number of Underground stations with step-free access to all platforms to more than 100 and TfL were aiming to have 40% of stations fully accessible by 2022 compared to the current level of 27%. This number was to be partly boosted by the opening of the Elizabeth line for which all stations will be step-free although this too has been delayed.

A campaign is underway to try and get Northfields station included in the upgrades and to become step free.

 

17 December 2018