A night on the tiles at Green Park station

Tube Lines’ refurbishment of Green Park station is in full swing

Tube Lines has begun work to improve the look and feel of Green Park station as part of its major station upgrade programme. This is one of the largest stations on the London Underground network with 4,300m² of tiling to be fitted as part of the programme – the equivalent in size to 16.5 grass tennis courts in use at Wimbledon.

 

Green Park station is located in a popular part of London, close to many bars, clubs, shops and hotels. The overhaul of this 102 year old station will improve the travelling experience for the 30 million commuters who use this station each year.

 

To minimise disruption to commuters a team of up to 250 engineers will carry out the work during the few hours at night when the station is closed to the public, between 1am and 5am. To maximise the efficiency of the project, limited works will also take place during the day behind hoardings. This will ensure that the upgrade is completed as soon as possible. Works are set to be completed by May 2009.

 

The planned refurbishment work at Green Park station is extensive. As well as the 4,300m² of tiling, new floors will be laid throughout the station entrances and ticket hall. Safety and security are a key focus for Tube Lines and at Green Park, the number of CCTV cameras is set to increase from 98 to 170 and 30 new help points will be installed. 460 new speakers will be installed as part of the new public address systems and customer information systems, boosting the amount of information available to passengers. 

 

Riyadh Alkhazraji, Tube Lines Project Manager at Green Park station said:

“Green Park is a key station on the Underground network and once complete the works will provide passengers with a modern, clean station which is even safer than at present. Working overnight on the Tube always limits how much work can be achieved in any one shift. The station is served by three underground lines, is a key interchange for many commuters and is close to The Ritz Hotel, so it is important we adopt the best practices in construction to minimise disruption both to passengers and to the station’s neighbours.”

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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.

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