Victoria Tube station is set for a radical £700 million transformation as Transport for London (TfL) announced that a contract has been awarded for its redevelopment.

As part of TfL's multi-billion pound Investment Programme to improve and expand the transport network, VINCI BAM Nuttall Limited joint venture will reconfigure Victoria station - creating a brand new ticket hall, doubling in size the existing southern ticket hall, and installing new entrances, nine new escalators and step-free access.

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The station redevelopment is essential to supporting the upgrade of the Victoria line and the two together will result in quicker, easier, and less congested journeys for thousands of Londoners.

Between now and 2018, TfL will upgrade eight Tube lines, build Crossrail, and expand the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and London Overground networks, as well as delivering other major improvements.

(CD/GK)