Transport for London have plans to modernise Holborn Station on the London Underground. They have 4 weeks left on the consultation.
The upgrade would see the station more than double in size and will see a new enterance on Procter Street installed.
New lifts would also be installed in the existing Kingsway enterance to provide step free acess to Central and Picadilly line trains.
63 million passengers a year
63 million passengers use the station each year, making Holborn station is the 11th busiest station on the tube network.
By 2030 the passenger numbers are expected to grow by 30%
What did the officials say?
Mark Wild, the Managing Director of London Underground, said: “Holborn is one of the busiest stations in London, with hundreds of thousands of people using it every day, and upgrading the station will make it more spacious and accessible. It will also improve the only interchange between two of our busiest lines, the Central and Piccadilly lines.”
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