Improvements & projects
We are committed to continually improving your services, whether it's the Tube, buses, London Overground, DLR, Elizabeth line, trams, roads or Cycleways. Find out more about specific projects we're working on below.
Current projects
We reinvest our income on schemes that will affect the lives of people who live and travel in London. Browse some of our ongoing projects below:
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A40 Westway
We're currently planning the next phase of the project to refurbish the Westway
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A316 London Road roundabout
Improving the roundabout will make it easier to get to Twickenham town centre and improve journey times
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Bank & Monument
Our improvements at the interlinked stations of Bank and Monument include new escalators, new station entrances and more room for Northern line passengers
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Barking Riverside extension
The extension opened to passengers in July 2022 - work will continue around the station until 2023
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Battersea Bridge safety
We're taking steps at Battersea Bridge to make the area safer for people walking and cycling
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Bollo Lane
Ealing Council has given us permission to develop some of our land along Bollo Lane to create more than 800 new homes in Acton
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Bridging device trial
We're running a trial of devices to bridge a small gap between trains and some Jubilee line platforms
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Cycleway 4
Cycleway 4 will give cyclists a continuous segregated route between Tower Bridge and Greenwich, and improve pedestrian facilities and public spaces
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Cycleway 9
Cycleway 9 will create a continuous, largely-segregated route between Kensington Olympia and Brentford town centre, via Hammersmith and Chiswick
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Elephant & Castle station
Work has started to prepare Elephant & Castle station for a new entrance and ticket hall
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Elizabeth line - a new line for London
The three branches of the Elizabeth line - east, west and central - are now connected.
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Four Lines Modernisation
We are transforming the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines to increase capacity and boost reliability, making journeys faster and more comfortable
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Hammersmith Bridge
We're supporting Hammersmith & Fulham Council to repair and reopen the bridge
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High Speed 2 (HS2)
The railway being built by HS2 Ltd will start connecting to London's transport systems after 2029
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Kentish Town station closure
Kentish Town Tube station will close from Monday 26 June 2023 until summer 2024 while we replace the escalators and improve station facilities
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Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge Tube station will get step-free access in 2023, reached by a new entrance at Hooper's Court
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Lambeth Bridge roundabouts
We aim to start work to transform the roundabouts at Lambeth Bridge from 2024
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Lea Bridge roundabout (part of Cycleway 23)
We're working with Hackney Council to make the area around Lea Bridge roundabout safer and more friendly for people walking and cycling by November 2023
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Managing road verges for wildlife
We want to extend our trial to encourage wildflower growth and biodiversity on our grass verges
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Manor Circus roundabout
We're improving the Manor Circus roundabout to make it easier and safer for people to walk and cycle. Work will start in summer 2023 until spring 2024
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Nine Elms
Our work to help with regeneration around Nine Elms Lane and Battersea Park Road (A3205) is due to continue until 2025
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Old Street roundabout and station
Work to make the Old Street area more pedestrian and cycle-friendly should be complete in spring 2023
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Paddington Bakerloo ticket hall
Paddington Tube station will get a new, larger Bakerloo ticket hall and step-free access to the Bakerloo line from street level
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Piccadilly line upgrade
We're doing work to modernise the Piccadilly line and prepare for the arrival of new trains from 2025
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Silvertown Tunnel
We're building a new road tunnel under the Thames linking the Greenwich Peninsula and Silvertown
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South Kensington station
We're working to reduce congestion and improve access at South Kensington station
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Step-free access
We're adding step-free access to more Tube and London Overground stations
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Tottenham Hale
Tottenham Hale station now has an enlarged ticket hall for Tube and rail services
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Vauxhall Cross gyratory
We plan to convert the two-way system back to one-way
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Wandsworth town centre
Plans are underway to regenerate Wandsworth town centre