Step Free Access at Boston Manor Station Delayed

TfL announce a further two year wait for platforms to be fully accessible

Boston Manor Tube Station

Plans to make Boston Manor tube station fully accessible are to be delayed for at least two years as Transport for London (TfL) seeks to cope with reduced revenues.

Earlier this year they had announced that the station would among the next to be upgraded and that the changes would be in place by 2022. However, in their recently published business plan they state, “We are also working to deliver further step-free stations, including Boston Manor, Ruislip, North Ealing, Snaresbrook, Park Royal and Rickmansworth. These stations remain funded but will be delivered by the end of 2023/24, two years later than planned.”

Boston Manor was one of 13 stations on the London Underground network which were to be upgraded to have step-free access. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan announced this January for funding for the plan which would have meant the station being fully accessible by spring 2022.

Other stations that were to benefit were Burnt Oak, Debden, Hanger Lane, Ickenham, North Ealing, Northolt, Park Royal, Rickmansworth, Ruislip, Snaresbrook, Sudbury Hill and Wimbledon Park.

It was part of an allocation of an additional £200m the Mayor was investing in increasing the number of stations with step-free access. This was to help bring the total number of Underground stations with step-free access to all platforms to more than 100 and TfL were aiming to have 40% of stations fully accessible by 2022 compared to the current level of 27% This number was to be partly be boosted by the opening of the Elizabeth line for which all stations will be step-free although this too has been delayed.

December 14, 2018