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[from QS week]
News - 20/03/2008 - TfL pushes station upgrades
It has £7.8 billion available for capital and operational expenditure but this figure excludes the amount spent on revamping the Underground network under the PPP.
The client said modernisations to Leicester Square and [...]

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[from This is local London]
Victoria to close earlier at night from February

Late night tube commuters using the Victoria underground are facing more travel misery with London Underground planning to close the station next month up until November.
From 4 February, passengers using the underground line from 9.54pm between Mondays and Thursdays will be asked to use [...]

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[from: London Connections blog]
Station Upgrades: Finsbury Park
TfL are planning to install ticket barriers at Finsbury Park, the last ungated tube station of any significance. They’ll also be installing [...]

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London Underground posted a letter to many houses in N4 area listing a series of new improvements to be ran between 2009 and 2013 to Finsbury Park station.
The proposal is to:

Install lifts to provide step-free access to the LU platforms
Install ticket gates to improve security and help to combat fare evasion
Improve the exterior of Wells [...]

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Councillors Report – November 07
   
London Overground
 
 
In the coming month, Transport for London will take over control of the East and North London Lines, which will be rebranded as London Overground. This is potentially the biggest single improvement in public transport in our part of London for decades.
 
 
Among the benefits promised on the North London [...]

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[from Tfl]

11 Aug
Walthamstow Central to Brixton

18/19 Aug
Walthamstow Central to Brixton

01/02 Sep
Victoria to Brixton

08/09 Sep
Victoria to Brixton

15/16 Sep
Victoria to Brixton

29/30 Sep
Walthamstow Central to Brixton

06 Oct
Walthamstow Central to Highbury & Islington

04 Nov
Walthamstow Central to Brixton

18 Nov
Walthamstow Central to Brixton

26 Dec
Walthamstow [...]

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The Victoria line will be closing early Mondays to Thursdays from 23 July to 22 November to allow line upgrade works.
Passengers should start their journeys by 21:50 or use alternative routes via other Underground lines, replacement bus services, existing local buses and National Rail routes.
Rail replacement bus services will run between Finsbury Park and Walthamstow [...]

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