Request ID: FOI-0130-2425 Date published: 07 May 2024
You asked
Please supply the total numbers of man hours of work on site at Kentish Town underground station, broken down with precise information on which days. times of day and role of worker since the station closed. Please breakdown information on where the work took place, including with reference to whether the work in question took place on escalators, inside the station or in the commercial premises above the station .
Please supply information on the date when escalators were ordered.
We answered
TfL Ref: 0130-2425
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 10 April 2024 asking for information about Kentish Town tube station.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You specifically asked: Please supply the total numbers of man hours of work on site at Kentish Town underground station, broken down with precise information on which days, times of day and role of worker since the station closed. Please breakdown information on where the work took place, including with reference to whether the work in question took place on escalators, inside the station or in the commercial premises above the station . Please supply information on the date when escalators were ordered.
Please find attached the number of labour shifts completed at Kentish Town per month since the works commenced on site in June 2023.
Each shift is equivalent to an average 8 hours per shift.
Our standard shift patterns are 08:00 – 17:00; 21:00 – 06:00 & if practical a middle shift of 16:00 – 22:00
To aid the review of the labour shifts TfL confirms the following:
UESL – Electrical Contractor RJC – Hoarding & Site Setup Contractor Telent – Communications Contractor Cubic – LU Gateline Contractor Otis – Escalator Contractor LBFoster – Fire System Contractor Thales – Connect Cable Contractor Cleshar – Civils & Premises Contractor TFL – Construction Team Equans – LU Fire Maintainer Roxrose – Telecomms services Global – TfL Advertising Contractor ABM – LU Cleaning Contractor Lanes – LU Drainage Maintainer Delatim – mechanical contractor
Due to the nature of the contracted scopes we do not separate man hour data into location as works are priced and managed against a contracted schedule of works.
We can confirm that all of the issued man hours are for works within the station and works have only commenced within the commercial premises in April 2024. This data is not yet available.
The Escalators were ordered on 17th November 2022
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
