APPENDIX 50
Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Department for Transport
THAMESLINK MIDLAND ROAD STATION
During your inquiry into transport for the 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games you asked whether the new Thameslink
station at Midland Road would be ready in time for the Games.
I announced today that I have agreed the proposal
to fit out the new Thameslink station at King's Cross St Pancras.
The station should be ready to take its first passengers at the
end of 2007.
As you know, the first phase of the station
construction was completed in May 2005, with the construction
of a station "box" under the new St Pancras station
site. This second phase will prepare the station for operational
use, including laying flooring, fitting seven escalators and two
lifts, and will cost in the region of £50 million. A further
£10-15 million will be spent on signalling work and to transfer
services from the current station at Midland Road.
As well as improving the interchange at King's
Cross St Pancras, the new station will provide better access for
passengers who use the Olympic Javelin service on the CTRL from
St Pancras to Stratford during the 2012 Olympic Games.
8 February 2006
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