Hammersmith & City and Circle lines between Hammersmith and Edgware Road set for three week upgrade
• Closure between 24 July and 15 August due to Crossrail and LU station upgrade works at Paddington • LU will take advantage of closure to carry out additional upgrade work Work at Paddington to help deliver Crossrail and an upgrade of the Tube station will mean London Underground’s (LU) Circle and Hammersmith & City line services will be suspended between Hammersmith and Edgware Road for three weeks this summer.The works at Paddington will involve the demolition of a disused taxi ramp and canopy that sit above the Hammersmith and City platforms and means that trains will not be able to operate in that area. London Underground will also take advantage of the closure to carry out essential renewal and upgrade works, which otherwise could have required weekend closures. These include: • Platform extension works to accommodate the new longer air-conditioned trains;• Installing energy efficient conductor rails; • Track replacement and drainage works. The closure will begin on Saturday 24 July and services will resume on Monday 16 August. Hammersmith & City services will operate from Edgware Road to Whitechapel while Circle line services will operate the old route. Rail replacement services will operate between Hammersmith and Edgware Road and there will be ticket acceptance on local bus and Tube services. If you wish to find out more or discuss this with someone from LU, there will be LU managers at Wood Lane station on Wednesday 14 July from 07:30 – 10:00 and 16:00 – 19:00.
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