25.10.17
TfL opens consultation into major Holborn upgrade
TfL is holding a consultation to find the public’s views on a planned upgrade to London’s Holborn station.
The proposed works would double the size of the station, adding a second entrance and an exit on Procter Street.
Step-free access to both the Piccadilly and Central lines would be provided via three new lifts in the existing Kingsway entrance.
In a bid to reduce the crowding the station currently experiences at peak times, the plans include new interchange routes between the two lines.
Designed at the start of the 20th century, Holborn station is the 11th busiest station on the London Underground, serving around 63 million passengers each year - a figure expected to increase by almost 30% by 2030.
Mark Wild, managing director of London Underground, explained that an upgrade to the station would “make it more spacious and accessible.”
“It will also improve the only interchange between two of our busiest lines, the Central and Piccadilly lines,” he added.
There are four weeks of the public consultation remaining, which will end on 17 November 2017.
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