Gallery 260: Bank

Pictures from October 2013     

The Bank/Monument station complex, located in the heart of the City of London's financial district, is the fourth busiest interchange station on the London Underground network with 98 million passengers using the station in 2012/13. This is expected to increase in the coming years so Transport for London is planning a major upgrade of the six-line interchange which will increase capacity and provide a step-free route between the Northern line platforms, Docklands Light Railway and street level.

TfL intends to apply for a Transport and Works Act Order in 2014 which, if granted, would allow work on site to start in 2016. Three and a half years of tunnelling work should allow the enhanced underground interchange to open in 2020 with a new ticket hall on Cannon Street coming on stream in 2021. Dragados is main contractor for the programme.