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FOI request detail

FOI Underground Station closure data

Request ID: FOI-1894-1617
Date published: 06 March 2017

You asked

please could I request any data you have for unplanned underground station closures for 2015 and 2016, detailing: Date, Station Name, Lines, reason for closure and time of closure

We answered

Dear

 

TfL Ref: FOI-1894-1617

 

Thank you for your email received by us on 2 January 2017 asking for information about London Underground station closures. I apologise for the delay in replying 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 we do hold the information you require.

 

Please find attached the information you requested.

 

However, in accordance with the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply any information regarding closures that were due to person under the train incidents, as it is subject to a statutory exemption to the right of access to information under section 38(1)(a).

 

In this instance the exemption has been applied as disclosure of the information you have requested could lead to further suicide attempts at particular stations by revealing which stations have already had the most attempts, and so would be likely to prejudice health and safety. The Samaritans have recently published guidance which advises against reporting of rail suicides at a particular station, as these details may result in the station becoming known as a suicide location: http://www.samaritans.org/sites/default/files/kcfinder/files/press/Samaritans%20media%20factsheet%20-%20rail%20suicides.pdf.

 

The use of this exemption is subject to an assessment of the public interest in relation to the disclosure of the information concerned. We recognise the need for openness and transparency by public authorities, but in this instance we feel that ensuring the protection of vulnerable people, passengers and staff puts the balance in favour of withholding the information.

 

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you cannot 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,

 

Melissa Nichols

 

FOI Case Officer

 

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

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