Transport for London (TfL) announced on Friday that it intends to award the contract to upgrade Bond Street tube station to Costain Laing O’Rourke JV.
The main construction will get underway in 2011 and when completed in 2017, will deliver:
- a dramatic increase in station capacity ahead of the completion of Crossrail
- a new entrance and ticket hall north of Oxford Street to increase capacity and provide step free access to both the Central and Jubilee lines.
- new escalators and an additional access route to the Jubilee line to reduce congestion
- an improved interchange between Central and Jubilee lines
- step free access to the new Crossrail station
- improved pedestrian areas around the station with new seating and lighting
More than 155,000 passengers currently use Bond Street tube station every day – and TfL expect this to rise to over 225,000 with the arrival of Crossrail in 2017.
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