Refurbishment works to improve South Ruislip station will be underway shortly as part of TfL's five-year £10bn investment programme, and are due to be completed in May 2006.

Help points will be installed as part of the improvement programme

Metronet Rail BCV, the company undertaking the refurbishment works has applied to London Underground for a closure of the ticket office from 15 January to 13 March 2006; permission is yet to be granted.

Customers are not expected to experience any other disruptions while improvement works take place.

Refurbishment works will include the building of a new station control room, the restoration of heritage features, the replacement of all CCTV cameras, the installation of new information display panels, customer Help points, new signage, an enhanced public address system, tactile strips and contrasting handrails for the partially sighted.

All cabling will be concealed and the station will be provided with improved lighting.

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  • Transport for London (TfL) is investing £10bn over the next five years to improve and expand London's transport network, over half of that in the Tube
  • Metronet Rail BCV is responsible for the maintenance and renewal of the Bakerloo, Central, Victoria and Waterloo & City lines
  • South Ruislip first opened 1 May 1908 (its original name was Northolt Junction) as part of the Great Western Railway
  • It was named South Ruislip & Northolt Junction on 12 September 1932
  • It was reconstructed and first served by the Central line on 30 June 1947 as part of the Central line extension to West Ruislip with the adjacent platforms still serving the mainline. It was renamed again as South Ruislip
  • The station counts approximately 3,000 daily users
  • The Central line is the longest line with 74km (46 miles) serving 49 stations
  • The longest journey without change on the London Underground can be made on the Central line between West Ruislip and Epping (54.9km, 34.1 miles)