I wonder if you would be so kind to advise whether all Tube stations have access (from ticket office to platform) for wheelchair user? And, if not, could you advise: 1. Which stations do not have access 2. For there stations, are there plans to make them accessible to wheelchair users in the future?

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TfL Ref: FOI-1123-1718

Thank you for your email received by us on 10 August 2017 asking for information about Tube stations with wheelchair access. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you.

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 the information you require. You asked:

“I wonder if you would be so kind to advise whether all Tube stations have access (from ticket office to platform) for wheelchair user? And, if not, could you advise:

1. Which stations do not have access

2. For there stations, are there plans to make them accessible to wheelchair users in the future?”

Please see the attached  spreadsheet in response to question 1.

While London has one of the most accessible transport networks in the world, we are not complacent and recognise the work we still need to do to make travelling in London accessible for everyone.  

In December 2016, the Mayor of London announced that he will instigate the biggest boost to step-free access on the Underground in the network's 153 year history, by investing an additional £200m over the next five years. As part of its Business Plan, TfL has committed to making more than 30 additional Tube stations step-free by 2021/22. The move brings the total number of stations with step-free access to all platforms to more than 100, representing more than 40 per cent of the Underground network and significantly increasing the proportion from the current level of 26 per cent.

With regard to our future plans for making stations step free:

Planned step free access work

Bank station to become step-free to Waterloo & City line   Bond Street station to become step-free   Bromley-by-Bow station to become step-free   Victoria station to become step-free

Finsbury Park, Newbury Park and Whitechapel stations to be made step-free   Paddington station to be made step-free between the Bakerloo Line and the Elizabeth line’s step-free station   Buckhurst Hill to be made step-free   Elizabeth line opens with ten new step-free stations

Knightsbridge station to be made step-free   The remaining Elizabeth line surface (national rail) stations to become step-free   Harrow-on-the-Hill, Amersham, Cockfosters, Mill Hill East, Osterley and South Woodford stations to become step-free

Bank station to be step-free to Northern line

Elephant and Castle station to be made step-free to the Northern Line   Around 20 more Tube stations will be made step-free under the £200m Accessibility programme. The names of these stations will be announced at the end of this year.

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

Paulina Tuffour

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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