Making more Overground stations step-free
"I will work with the Government and train operators to make more Overground stations step-free."
Despite tough financial times, 15 Tube stations have been made step-free during Boris Johnson’s term in office. Stations include Green Park, now a key step-free gateway to the West End, and Hainault Station in Redbridge (link). A further two interchange stations (Blackfriars and Farringdon) will be made step-free in early 2012 (link). Another five major Tube stations will be made step-free within the current Business Plan period, to 2014/18 (link). At one of London’s busiest Overground stations, Clapham Junction, Boris opened a new entrance and nine new lifts in 2011 (link). The Department for Transport announced last year that six London Overground stations will be made step-free and accessibility improvements will be made at Stratford DLR (link).