Northern Line

Impression of Elephant & Castle ticket hall

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Milestone reached in Elephant & Castle upgrade

A milestone has been reached in the project to increase capacity at London’s Elephant & Castle underground station.

rail 8 Oct

This view shows work to build the viaduct across the Colne Valley and Grand Union Canal (near Denham on the north-west edge of London) in late March. HS2

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Gibb plan provides a way forward for cancelled HS2

Philip Haigh delves into Chris Gibb’s plan for a New Northern Line using 155mph Pendolinos

Northern Line 2 Jul

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New station to be Liverpool Baltic

The new station planned to serve a major new business and housing development on Merseyside will be known as Liverpool Baltic.

21 Apr

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Bank branch closure for upgrade…

A large section of London Underground’s Northern Line Bank branch will be closed for 17 weeks from mid-January, Transport for London has confirmed.

15 Nov

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Northern Line Extension stations open for business

The two new stations comprising London Underground’s Northern Line Extension are due to open to the public on September 20

12 Sept

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LU’s Battersea extension being readied for opening

Trial running on London Underground’s new Northern Line extension is being increased, in anticipation of its full opening for business in September.

16 Jul

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Test trains run on Northern Line extension

Testing begins on Northern Line extension

4 Jan

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Alstom completes Northern Line refurbishment project

Last of 106-strong fleet is modernised.

30 Apr

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Driver dispute over night-time Tube plans

ASLEF union in discussions with London Underground.

8 Apr

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Contract awarded for Northern Line extension TBMs

Tunnel Boring Machines will launch in the summer of 2016 to extend the Charing Cross branch of the line to Battersea Power Station.

27 Mar

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Contract awarded for tunnel boring machines for Northern line extension

NFM Technologies awarded design, manufacture and delivery contract to take Tube to Battersea.

18 Mar

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Tottenham Court Road ticket hall opens

New entrance and additional escalators opened at station.

12 Jan

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Northern Line signalling upgrade complete

Extra 11,000 passengers per hour (20% increase) can use Northern Line following upgrade

12 Jan

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Northern line running despite RMT strike action

The RMT union called strike action on the Northern Line following one of its members being dismissed by London Underground after failing an alcohol breath test.

1 Dec