Kentish Town station closure

Kentish Town London Underground station re-opening following escalator replacement:
The condition of some structural elements of the station, which could not have been inspected prior to the start of the project, has been assessed as beyond repair. The team has had to increase the project scope to include the replacement of these parts. This comes with additional design, manufacturing, installation and concrete-curing times that are now critical to opening the station. As a result, the completion date has been pushed back, and the forecast has been revised to December 2024, based on the critical path activities.

Northern line (Kentish Town escalators)
Work to fully replace both of the escalators at the station is progressing well and we are on track to complete the installation of the new escalators this summer. Remedial work on platform and corridor tiling is progressing as planned.

Earlier this year, we identified essential assets that require complex structural works to repair. Unfortunately, due to the condition of the assets and the ongoing complexity of this work, we are now expecting to reopen the station by the end of this year. The nature of the essential work, which involves removing and replacing the concrete ticket hall floor, concrete ceiling and supporting steelwork, has required additional time to design and take forward safely. We are looking at all possible options to reopen the station as quickly as possible without compromising the safety of our customers and colleagues. This includes looking at whether we can safely reopen the station while some works continue behind hoardings