Remaining Northern Line Bank upgrades following major blockade

[D365]

The new platform is well on its way to opening, test trains have run down it already

https://twitter.com/geofftech/status/1517157159699550208

Geoff's tweet is deleted now!

 

[STINT47]

I will be visiting London on the 26th May. Does anyone know if this work will be done by then as I need to use the bank branch to reach Borough.

 

[Dstock7080]

I will be visiting London on the 26th May. Does anyone know if this work will be done by then as I need to use the bank branch to reach Borough.

Should reopen Monday 16 May

 

[Cdd89]

My guess is it’ll be very quiet immediately after reopening (as it won’t be very well publicised, and those whose other routes don’t rely on the 733 won’t notice it’s happened).

I also think it may be quieter than usual in the mid-term, as a proportion of those who have found other routes will choose to stick with them, having discovered that they are more convenient. I think this may be especially the case with people who have switched to Thameslink.

 

[Taunton]

There will be a significant change the following week anyway when Crossrail opens. It's been difficult getting from Canary Wharf to Kings Cross during the closure, changing to Thameslink instead at London Bridge is such a lengthy obstacle course around the station that it's actually quicker to stay on the Jubilee to Green Park and then use the Victoria. Now I'll just change at Farringdon. One might think the north-south Underground lines would be relatively unaffected by Crossrail, but I think there will be some substantial alleviation to those too.

 

[EllieAquitrain]

There will be a significant change the following week anyway when Crossrail opens. It's been difficult getting from Canary Wharf to Kings Cross during the closure, changing to Thameslink instead at London Bridge is such a lengthy obstacle course around the station that it's actually quicker to stay on the Jubilee to Green Park and then use the Victoria. Now I'll just change at Farringdon. One might think the north-south Underground lines would be relatively unaffected by Crossrail, but I think there will be some substantial alleviation to those too.

Would we not expect the 'diagonal' journeys where using Crossrail shortens the distance on the north-south line to be balanced out by journeys where using Crossrail increases the distance on the north-south line?

 

[Taunton]

Would we not expect the 'diagonal' journeys where using Crossrail shortens the distance on the north-south line to be balanced out by journeys where using Crossrail increases the distance on the north-south line?

Yes, to an extent, but they are unlikely to balance on each line. As the original discussion was about travel patterns having changed/been retained from the Northern closure, these will not be readily measurable due to the far larger alterations passengers make with Crossrail.

 

[Kite159]

Geoff's tweet is deleted now!

He has a habit of deleting older tweets after so many weeks. No idea why though.

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As for the bank branch, it will be nice to get it back, useful for Sunday mornings when Thameslink terminate at London Bridge from the South. I for one am looking forward to seeing the improvements carried out

 

[Snow1964]

Should reopen Monday 16 May

16th May is now confirmed on multiple news sites, so presumably TfL have advised them in a Press release

Now added to TfLs website

Northern line Bank branch to re-open on Monday 16 May following completion of latest works

Northern line Bank branch to re-open on schedule on Monday 16 May as TfL completes the current phase of vital upgrade work at Bank station.

tfl.gov.uk

 

[zwk500]

16th May is now confirmed on multiple news sites, so presumably TfL have advised them in a Press release

Can’t link it to source, as TfL haven’t yet updated their own website

Not a written source, but if you search for disruption on the 16th May, it doesn't show the Northern Line as closed:

Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR & Tram status updates

Realtime Tube, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR & Tram travel updates.

tfl.gov.uk

 

[Dstock7080]

Press release finally uploaded:

Northern line Bank branch to re-open on Monday 16 May following completion of latest works

Northern line Bank branch to re-open on schedule on Monday 16 May as TfL completes the current phase of vital upgrade work at Bank station.

tfl.gov.uk

The Bank branch of the Northern line will re-open on schedule on Monday 16 May, after a 17-week planned closure as part of the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade project. Customers will be able to use Northern line services at all Bank branch stations between Kennington and Moorgate again from this date.

In addition, the new, wider southbound Northern line platform and spacious new customer concourse at Bank station will open to customers for the first time on the same day. Transport for London's (TfL's) project team have worked throughout the 17-week closure to safely finalise work on the brand-new Northern line tunnel and passenger concourse. They have also completed three new passageways, which will make moving around the station quicker and easier for Northern line customers, who should follow the new signage and directions from London Underground staff as they familiarise themselves with the new layout.
The last day of service for the Route 733 bus, which was introduced specifically for the Bank branch closure period, will be Friday 13 May

 

[Snow1964]

I understand some work has also been undertaken at Elephant and Castle during the blockade in preparation for station expansion

The main tunnelling works at Elephant an Castle are about to go out to pre-tender, seems it will initially be the station box which started in January (as part of the redevelopment of the area), but passages and fit out are later (presumably the station box needs to be done to allow over site development)

TfL launches market engagement for Elephant & Castle upgrade tunnelling | Ground Engineering

The capacity upgrade at the southeast London station will construct a new entrance and ticket hall which will be integrated with the Elephant and Castle

www.geplus.co.uk

 

[rebmcr]

The main tunnelling works at Elephant an Castle are about to go out to pre-tender, seems it will initially be the station box which started in January (as part of the redevelopment of the area), but passages and fit out are later (presumably the station box needs to be done to allow over site development)

There is not yet any allocated funding for fit-out, but the station box was committed anyway, on the basis that it simply can't be done after the overall site development (which was going ahead on-schedule whether or not a station box was below it).

 

[mm333]

So are there going to be 2 new tube maps: one on the 16th and then one on the 24th?

 

[Dstock7080]

So are there going to be 2 new tube maps: one on the 16th and then one on the 24th?

I doubt it, one to be released after Bank, Elizabeth and South Kensington have finished - so towards very end of May

 

[DelW]

I doubt it, one to be released after Bank, Elizabeth and South Kensington have finished - so towards very end of May

Please pardon my ignorance, but what's happening at South Ken? I haven't come across this one.

 

[Dstock7080]

Please pardon my ignorance, but what's happening at South Ken? I haven't come across this one.

South Kensington escalator works

Travel advice for 2021 South Kensington Tube station escalator works on the Piccadilly line

tfl.gov.uk

The Piccadilly line will not stop at South Kensington Tube station until summer 2022. The District and Circle lines will run as normal, and the station will remain open.

 

[DelW]

South Kensington escalator works

Travel advice for 2021 South Kensington Tube station escalator works on the Piccadilly line

tfl.gov.uk

Thanks, a bit more routine than the other two then

 

[thomalex]

I’ll be sad when South Ken opens again, always nice skipping a stop on the Piccadilly line

 

[MikeWh]

I doubt it, one to be released after Bank, Elizabeth and South Kensington have finished - so towards very end of May

Is South Kensington running early?

I think it will be released on May 24th to coincide with the Elizabeth line opening.

 

[Basil Jet]

Never mind the tube map, I hope we get a new Rail & Tube / London & The Southeast map. The last one given out (as opposed to pinned up) is dated December 2019.

 

[Dstock7080]

Never mind the tube map, I hope we get a new Rail & Tube / London & The Southeast map. The last one given out (as opposed to pinned up) is dated December 2019.

Now discontinued in leaflet form

 

[Mikey C]

Now discontinued in leaflet form

Disappointing. It's a very useful publication, and big enough to not be convenient to read on a phone screen

 

[Basil Jet]

Now discontinued in leaflet form

AFAIK All timetables of every TOC have been discontinued since the start of the pandemic, but that won't last forever, surely?

 

[Mikey C]

On a 95 stock train, and the maps are all back to normal!

 

[Basil Jet]

On a 95 stock train, and the maps are all back to normal!

Liz is shown on the line guide at Moorgate and TCR, but the adjacent Tube Map shows TfL Rail in the burbs and nothing in the city, and South Ken served by the Piccadilly even though this map will presumably be replaced before the next Picc calls at South Ken.

 

[swt_passenger]

There‘s an updated video from the hidden London people about Bank here:

I expect there’ll be a few more tomorrow!

 

[Mojo]

Bank branch has just reopened from the south as part of a soft launch, so there is currently running a service to Moorgate from Morden.

 

[Basil Jet]

There‘s an updated video from the hidden London people about Bank here:

I expect there’ll be a few more tomorrow!

"It is like being on the Elizabeth Line" he says while standing on a seven-carriage deep tube platform with no platform edge doors. Everyone else agrees.

"It is like being on the Elizabeth Line" he says while standing on a seven-carriage deep tube platform with no platform edge doors. Everyone else agrees.

"I wonder if the first train [from Bank] will be a Morden or a Battersea Power Station?"

Good Grief. The whole team are a joke.

 

[swt_passenger]

A video from this afternoon. Just a couple of trains through the new Southbound platform - looking good I think.