Elephant & Castle underground station capacity upgrade

During May, TfL sought suppliers for the upgrade works at Elephant & Castle station. This relates to the next stage of the capacity upgrade, namely the design and construction of passenger tunnels connecting the new station box to the existing platforms.

The station is an interchange for both the Bakerloo and Northern Lines. TfL has longer term ambitions to extend the Bakerloo Line further south eastwards, initially to Lewisham and in a second phase to Hayes and Beckenham Junction.

It is anticipated that the phased upgrade works will be completed by 2031. Initial tunnelling will create a new station box, a new entrance and ticket hall leading to the existing platforms (Stage 1), prior to fitting out

(Stage 2). This will replace the existing Northern Line entrance and ticket hall.

While sufficient funding from the GLA, London Borough of Southwark and local developers has been raised to allow TfL to sign an agreement for the station box to be built, completion of the rest of the scheme is still reliant upon long-term capital funding being provided to TfL by central Government.