With work having commenced on Colindale station back in June this year, the station, which is on the Northern Line on the Edgware branch, is due to reopen partially on the afternoon of Friday 20 December.

Ahead of this, Transport for London (TfL) has also issued some advice to passengers of what they can expect while using the station.

The station’s closure was necessary to carry out crane operations, piling and extensive demolition work, which could not be undertaken while the station was open to the public. This period of closure facilitated the installation of steel beams and concrete foundations, for the new station building, which is all part of Colindale‘s station upgrade.

The upgrades have included replacing the entrance constructed in the 1960s with a new, iconic station building featuring a large ticket hall and, for the first time, a lift providing step-free access from the street to the platform which will complement the existing platform humps to give complete step-free access from street to train.

The partial reopening of this station is being delivered on time with the planned construction schedule. The station is due to reopen in full in the autumn of 2025.

Colindale station upgrade has received support through government funding, with contributions from Barnet Council, local developers, and TfL.

With 11,400 new homes being built around Colindale, the station upgrade is vital for the increase in use the station will soon receive.

Colindale’s population has already grown by 70 per cent since 2011, without this upgrade, Colindale Tube station was expected to reach passenger capacity by 2026.

Travel Advice

As the station will be partially open for the time being, commuters will navigate through a temporary corridor, following a one-way system to reach the platforms.

This will take them through the current ticket hall and newly constructed staircases. This pathway will enable passengers to remain safe while work on the parts of the station that are yet to be completed will continue, which at this stage includes completion of the full step-free access from street level to the platforms.

The ticket hall has had its gate line barriers, so customers using Contactless or Oyster cards must use the stand-alone ticket validators for tapping in and out at the start or end of their journeys.

Ticket machines remain accessible for topping up Oyster cards or buying paper tickets.

For the time being, there will be no customer information screens in the ticket hall or on the platforms. Customers who want to know the arrival times of their trains are advised to use TfL Go and the TfL Journey Planner to plan their journey.

Members of station staff will be available to offer further information or help as required.

“I’d like to thank our customers and the local community for their patience while Colindale station was temporarily closed and now again while it operates in a temporary state. Our plan was always to re-open the station as soon as we possibly could so customers could access Tube services at Colindale again.

We will now be working at pace to complete its much-needed major upgrade which will transform the journeys of many thousands of our customers for many decades to come. This station upgrade is also key to supporting sustainable growth, helping to unlock the delivery of thousands of new homes and jobs. Work is progressing well and we are on target to complete Colindale station’s major upgrade in autumn 2025.”

Stuart Harvey, TfL’s Chief Capital Officer,