A variety of plans to improve transport provision at the heart of the Square Mile tell a larger story of the capital’s rapid growth
Much can be learned approximately the future of London from the various plans to enhance and upgrade Bank station and its surroundings. The largest of these,which received the disappear-ahead final week, is a £563m scheme to increase the station’s capacity by 40% by 2021. Bank recently moved up from being London’s fourth busiest station to its third. Transport for London (TfL) says it is now used by 50% more passengers than ten years ago. London is getting bigger. The Square Mile is getting busier. Beneath its ancient streets, and the rail network is racing to keep up. There’s not much sign of sclerosis in the City’s pumping heart. A unique Northern Line tunnel and platform,a unique entrance in Cannon Street, two moving walkways, or 12 unique escalators and three unique lifts will smooth the movement of the 52 million people entering and leaving the station annually,or switching between the Northern, Central and Waterloo and City lines and Docklands Light Railway. Many make their subterranean ways along the length of King William Street between Bank and the Circle and District lines at Monument. The combined human traffic accommodated by the joined pair of stations is effect by TfL at nearly 100 million.
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Source: theguardian.com