Colindale station step-free access

Colindale station will have step-free access and a spacious new ticket hall. Work started in January 2024 and is expected to finish by autumn 2025.
Future Colindale station exterior view

What we're doing

Colindale will get an upgraded Northern line station. Colindale is one of London's fastest-growing neighbourhoods - it has grown by 70% since 2011.

The Colindale station improvements include:

  • A new building that replaces the existing entrance. This will serve as an important gateway to the wider Colindale area
  • A spacious new ticket hall, increasing station capacity to accommodate the projected growth in customers
  • A lift to offer step-free access from the street to platform level. This will offer level access to trains when combined with the existing platform humps
  • An accessible toilet with infant changing facility
  • Infrastructure improvements and more cycle parking
  • A new in-station retail space
  • A sustainable blue-and-green roof drainage system with wild plants

Barnet Council has given planning approval for the station building project. Any further residential development in the area will need a separate new planning application.

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    Colindale station Waiting room demolition
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    Colindale station Stair removal
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    Colindale station East cess pile cap pour
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    Colindale station East cess piling
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    Colindale station East cess wall

Re-opening the station

We plan to re-open Colindale station during the afternoon on Friday 20 December 2024.

When the station re-opens:

  • It will do so in an interim state, with access to the platforms via a temporary passage and down the new staircases
  • A one-way system will be in place, and the station may be busy at peak times
  • There will be no real-time customer information available at platform level. This will be introduced later in 2025. In the meantime, check before you travel and plan ahead using our travel tools. Staff will be available to help if needed
  • You may find it more comfortable to keep using alternative routes until the Colindale upgrade works are complete in autumn 2025
  • The last day of service for the temporary NL6 bus service will be Friday 20 December. Existing local bus routes, such as the 186, remain in operation

We continue to work with the project contractor and Barnet Council to minimise impacts.

Funding the work

The scheme is funded by the Government's Levelling Up Fund, as well as contributions from Barnet Council, local developers and TfL.