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Victoria

The new look Victoria Underground station entrance We are redeveloping Victoria Underground station to reduce overcrowding and delays, and improve access for the increasing number of passengers using the station.

• Asbestos removal
• Planning and legal approvals

Planned improvements

The station is so crowded in the morning that passengers have to wait outside

Victoria is one of London's busiest stations, used by 80 million people every year. By 2016 this figure is expected to grow to 100 million. Even now, the station is so crowded between 07:00 and 10:00 that passengers have to wait behind the gates or outside the station.
Our main objectives are to reduce congestion and delays, provide more convenient access from the north and east, and to make the station more accessible for passengers with reduced mobility.

We are proposing:



• A new Northern ticket hall at the junction of Bressenden Place and Victoria Street 
• An enlarged existing Victoria line ticket hall 
• Nine new escalators 
• A new interchange tunnel connecting the new Northern ticket hall to the enlarged Southern ticket hall 
• New lifts providing step-free access between street, ticket hall and Victoria line platform levels 
• New lifts allowing interchange between the Victoria line and District & Circle lines platforms Improved access and new lifts between the National Rail and Underground station.

  Download the current plan of the proposal (PDF 742KB)

  Asbestos removal

  Before the work can begin we have to remove asbestos from the station. The removal work started in May 2007 and will continue until December 2008. Further information.

  Planning and legal approvals

  We have submitted an application to carry out the works to the Secretary of State for Transport.

Further information on planning and legal approvals.

See also

Transforming the Tube

Victoria line early closure

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