Transport for LondonBenefits
Tube station
The benefits of rebuilding Tottenham Court Road Tube station include:
- A new, larger ticket hall
- New entrances and a public plaza outside Centre Point
- Additional escalators
- New access to the Northern and Central line platforms to reduce congestion
Passengers will also benefit from safety and accessibility improvements, including:
- Six new lifts to provide step-free access from street to platform
- Tactile strips on platforms and stairs
- Contrasting handrails to assist visually impaired passengers
- New CCTV cameras
- Better lighting
Crossrail
Crossrail is a new railway across London that will help cut journey times with high-frequency, high-capacity services. When it is finished, Heathrow will be just 30 minutes from the West End.
Crossrail will be vital to the UK economy, creating jobs and helping London continue to be a leading world city over the next 20 years and beyond.
Some of the benefits of Crossrail include:
- Increasing London's railway capacity by 10 per cent
- Cutting journey times and creating new connections
- Relieving congestion on rail and Underground lines
- Supporting regeneration and jobs in many areas, including the West End
Additional local schemes
A number of projects, including those led by local authorities, are either in progress or planned for the Tottenham Court Road area and the West End. These include:
- Creating public spaces and better pedestrian routes to Covent Garden, Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury and Soho
- Improving pedestrian access at the west end of New Oxford Street
- Improving traffic circulation on Gower Street and Bloomsbury Street
- Reducing street clutter
- Better cycle routes
Some of these improvements are in the early stages of planning and will be implemented after construction at the station is complete.
