Victoria Station Upgrade

Victoria Station, known as London Victoria is located in the heart of London’s west end. The station transports millions of people to tourist destinations as well as internal links and connects London with Gatwick Airport.

It was awarded Grade 2 listing in 1970. It received a major upgrade that was completed in the late 2010s. In 2019/20, Victoria was the second busiest station in the UK, with an estimated 74 million passengers.

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The project comprised of a number of extensive smoke extract and smoke make-up systems serving the North and South ticket halls, and back of house areas. These included the escalator switch rooms and the power link transformer rooms. Also included in the fire resisting package were the pressurisation and pressure relief ducts. 

In addition, various areas of the back of house zones were supplied with standard GSS ductwork for the non-life safety systems.

A new North Ticket Hall, with links to the Victoria Line and District & Circle Lines provided an increase to station capacity. Easier access for passengers including those with reduced mobility and minimizing passenger journey times was at the heart of the development.

The challenging programme was met on a just-in-time basis, keeping construction time to a minimum and disruption for passengers as small as possible.

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