Freedom of Information request - Moorgate Station 4 March 2017
Request ID: FOI-3087-2223 Date published: 16 March 2023
You asked
Dear Transport for London,
Regarding TfL Ref: FOI-1602-2122 you mention a small incident regarding asbestos on 4 March 2017.
(1) Can you provide an approximate time for this incident?
(2) Was this incident in a public area accessible by the public?
(3) Which part of the the station did this occur (if known)
Please include the reading(s) from the air monitoring conducted.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-3087-2223/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 19 February 2023 asking for information about an asbestos incident at Moorgate Station.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.
Can you provide an approximate time for this incident?
The incident occurred about 07:20 on 4 March 2017.
Was this incident in a public area accessible by the public?
The location of the incident was in a public area but this part of the station was closed for refurbishment so it was not accessible by the public at the time of the incident.
Which part of the station did this occur (if known)
The incident occurred on staircase 2/601, which leads to the Westbound Metropolitan and Circle line platforms 2 and 3.
TfL have a framework consultancy company who are on call in the event of an incident such as this. They were contacted immediately following the incident and arrived on site at 08:28 on the 4th March to oversee the clean up and to carry out air testing. The airborne fibre monitoring certificate of analysis is attached, which shows fibre levels were below applicable limits.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
