Network Rail has started the GBP 30 million (EUR 35 million) investment project at London Victoria station to reduce congestion on platforms and at ticket gates.
Work involves creating more space on the concourse and increasing the total number of ticket gates from 86 to 111, including 8 new wide accessible gates, to speed up people’s journeys through the station and improve accessibility for people with reduced mobility, luggage or pushchairs.
The station concourse area that serves platforms 15 to 19 will be opened up and expanded, and a spacious access route will be created between platform 14 and the existing escalators to the Victoria Place shopping centre.
To create more space for additional ticket gates, and wider routes between the concourse and platforms, the Gatwick Express ticket windows will be moved to a more prominent position, while some retail units will be repositioned elsewhere in the station.
“I am delighted to see these upgrades at London Victoria station, a true cornerstone and hub of the capital. These improvements, funded by the Department for Transport, will make travel easier, more comfortable, and more accessible for millions of passengers,” Wendy Morton, Department for Transport’s rail minister, said.
The work on the project is set to get underway from this September, starting with the relocation of the Gatwick Express ticket office followed by work on the Kent gatelines (platforms 1-7) in November and the Sussex gatelines later in the year. The work is due for completion in late 2023.
To minimise overall disruption to passengers, the work will be carried out alongside the London Victoria resignalling project, a major programme of signalling upgrades on the south London lines into London Victoria. This means the most disruptive work will happen when there are fewer or no passenger services running at the station, as lines will be closed.
London Victoria station is one of the busiest transport hub and is a gateway to wick Airport and the South Coast and the GBP 160 million (EUR 187.6 million) signalling programme together with access improvement project, will create increased capacity and smooth passenger flow.
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