Travelling experience improved for thousands of commuters

Tube Lines completes upgrades at Dollis Hill, Highgate and Southgate stations

Tube Lines has announced the practical completion of the upgrade of three stations, taking the total number of stations refurbished to 55. Tube Lines is now well over half way through its £500 million station upgrade programme across the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines. The latest stations to receive an overhaul are Dollis Hill, Highgate and Southgate.

The upgrade of the stations has brought many benefits for the thousands of passengers who use the stations. New clearer public address systems and better customer information systems have boosted the travel information available, and wall tiles have been replaced to improve the interior designs of the stations. As with all station modernisations a key focus for Tube Lines has been to boost safety and security, with the number of CCTV cameras increased throughout the stations and new help points installed. These improvements help to increase the security of passengers and make each station a pleasant place to travel through.

Teams of dedicated engineers carried out the bulk of the station upgrades during the few hours between 1am and the first Tube train in the morning. After equipment is brought into the station and set up safely this leaves little time for the team to carry out as much work as possible, before having to prepare the station for when the first train arrives. To increase the efficiency of works a small number of weekend closures at the stations allowed the equivalent of up to ten normal night shifts to be carried out in one weekend. Not only does this increase the amount of work carried out but also reduces potential disruption to local residents during the night.

Tooraj Shadnia, Tube Lines’ Senior Project Manger for the station upgrade programme said:

“All three stations were in clear need of an upgrade, and now they are complete, passengers will reap the rewards. There’s now more information available about when the next trains will arrive and where they’re going, and announcements will be clearer.  Passengers can now also feel safer with additional CCTV cameras and access more information from the new help points. I am delighted with the results and hope the passengers are too.”

ENDS

For further information, please contact:
Press office, Tube Lines: 020 7088 4848 / 07764 429 015

Notes to Editors

1. Tube Lines is responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines. London Underground is responsible for operating the Underground, for employing drivers and station staff, for ticketing and fares, and for the Tube’s safety regime.
2. The Tube Lines consortium consists of two shareholders – Amey and Bechtel. They bring together some of the most experienced providers of business services with specialist skills in the rail industry, including track and signal renewals, plus project and operational management. They are providing some of the best project and operational managers from around the world to work on the modernisation of the Tube system. Amey owns two-thirds of Tube Lines’ business and Bechtel one third.
3. Practical completion means all substantial works have been finished although some outstanding works, such as snags, may still need resolution. These must be completed within a 16-week contractual period.

 

 

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