Bond Street Tube station to get £300m redevelopment

Improvements to include step free access to the new Crossrail station and new seating and lighting.

Bond Street Tube station is to get a ￡300 million redevelopment.

The upgrade will help to deliver the Crossrail project and is the third station upgrade contract awarded in the last 12 months.

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, step free access to the new Crossrail station and an improved interchange between Central and Jubilee lines.

It will also deliver 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, and 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 is expected to rise to over 225,000 with the arrival of Crossrail in 2017.

Transport for London announced that it intends to award the contract for the redevelopment of the station to Costain Laing O'Rourke JV.

David Waboso, Capital Programmes Director for London Underground said: "By 2017, Bond Street station will be served by both London Underground and Crossrail and will be a key gateway to the West End."

"This redevelopment is essential to ensure the station can accommodate the large increase in passengers that will use the station."

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Transport for London