Tottenham Court Road Crossrail hub takes shape
The future of London's transport network is taking shape beneath the streets of the West End.
Redevelopment work at Tottenham Court Road station is now around 60 per cent complete, while Crossrail is more than a third of the way through its project to build a new ticket hall and station tunnels at Dean Street. Two new entrances and expanded Northern line access are due to open in 2015, with Crossrail services through the central hub set to start in 2018.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: 'Our ambitious plans to rebuild Tottenham Court Road station, which is over 100 years old, will create a ticket hall six times bigger than its current size and a station with over a third more capacity.'
The Tottenham Court Road station improvements will act as a catalyst to transform Soho and the east end of Oxford Street. Retail, office and residential accommodation will be built above the ticket halls at the corner of Charing Cross Road and Oxford Street, and on the corner of Oxford Street and Dean Street.
The area will also be boosted by a new West End theatre and a public square outside Centre Point. Up to 150,000 passengers use Tottenham Court Road station every day. That number is expected to rise to more than 200,000 when Crossrail opens. It will link the West End to Canary Wharf in 12 minutes, Stratford in 13 minutes and Heathrow in less than 30 minutes.
The arrival of Crossrail will make Tottenham Court Road station a major transport hub and bring an extra 1.5 million people to within a 45-minute commute of the popular retail and entertainment district.
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