198 London Tube Stations Are NOT Step Free!
Our investigation shows that only 72 London Underground Stations are actually step free – and that means that 198 aren’t!
In 21st century England surely this cannot be right? And it’s a question we shall be putting to Theresa May.
Stations that are not step free
Aldgate; Aldgate East; Alperton; Amersham; Angel; Archway; Arnos Grove; Arsenal; Baker Street; Balham; Bank; Barbican; Barkingside; Barons Court; Bayswater; Becontree; Belsize Park; Bethnal Green; Blackhorse Road; Bond Street; Borough; Boston Manor; Bounds Green; Bow Road; Brent Cross; Bromley-by-Bow; Buckhurt Hill; Burnt Oak; Camden Town; Cannon Street; Canons Park; Chalk Farm; Chancery Lane; Charing Cross; Chigwell; Chiswick Park; Clapham Common; Clapham North; Clapham South; Cockfosters; Collindale; Colliers Wood; Covent Garden; Croxley; Dagenham East; Debden; Dollis Hill; Ealing Broadway; Ealing Common; East Acton; East Finchley; East Putney: Eastcote; Edgware Road (Bakerloo): Edgware Road (H & C): Elephant & Castle; Embankment; Euston; Euston Square: Fairlop; Finsbury Park; Gants Hill; Gloucester Road: Goldhawk Road; Goodge Street; Grange Hill; Great portland Street; Gunnersbury; Hampstead, Hanger Lane; Harleden; Harrow-on-the-Hill; Hatton Cross; High Street Kensington; Highbury & Islington; Highgate; Holburn; Holland Park; Holloway Road; Hornchurch; Hounslow Central; Hyde Park Corner; Ickenham; Kenninton; Kensal Green; Kentish Town; Kenton; Kilburn Park; Knightsbridge; Ladbroke Grove; Lambeth North; Lancaster Gate: Latimer Road; Leicester, Leyton; Leytonstone; Liverpool Street, Loughton; Maida Vale Manor House; Mansion House; Marble Arch; Marylebone; Mile End, Mill Hill East; Monument; Moor Park; Moorgate; Mornington Crescent; Neasden; Newbury Park; North Acton; North Ealing; North Harrow; North Wembley; Northfields; Northolt; Northwick Park; Northwood; Northwood Hills; Notting Hill Gate; Old Street; Osterly; Oval; Oxford Circus; Paddington City (Bakerloo, District & Circle); Park Royal; Parsons Green; Perivale; Piccadilly Circus; Pimlico; Plaistow; Preston Ridge; Putney Bridge; Queen’s Park; Queensbury; Queensway; Ravenscourt Park; Rayners Lane; Redbridge; Regent’s Park; Rickmansworth;; Royal Oak; Ruislip; Ruislip Gardens; Ruislip Manor; Russell Square; Seven Sisters; Shepherd’s Bush; Shepherd’s Bush Market; Sloane Square; Snaresbrook; Soth Ealing; South Harrow; South Kensington; South Kenton; South Ruislip; South Wimbledon; South Woodford; Southgate; St. Jame’s Park; St. John’s Wood; St. Paul’s; Stamford Brook; Stepeny Green; Stockwell; Stonebridge Park; Sudbury Hill; Swiss Cottage; Temple; Theydon Bois; Tooting Bec; Tooting Broadway; Totteridge & Whetstone; Tufnell Park; Turnham Green; Turnpike Lane; Upminster Bridge, Upton Park; Victoria; Walthamstow Central; Wanstead; Warren Street; Warwick Avenue; Waterloo; Watford; West Acton; West Brompton; West Hampstead; West Harrow; West Kensington; West Ruislip; Westbourne Park; Whie City; Whitechapel; Willesden Junction; Wimbledon Park; Wood Green
In our next post we will air the views of Transport for London and what they are doing to rectify the situation. They have outlined to us their business plan which they say will bring the number of step free station (that is access to all platforms) to more than a 100 by 2021/2020 – which will increase the proportion of accessible stations to 40 per cent of the network.