"The lack of toilets can be a real barrier to using public transport. In response, the Mayor committed in 2024 to spending £3 million a year for five years on new and improved facilities. The programme aims to introduce toilets at selected stations, increase the number of accessible toilets, upgrade existing ones, and ensure that passengers are always within 20 minutes of a toilet without needing to change trains."
"The first facilities delivered under this scheme have now opened at Morden. A gender-neutral toilet and a fully accessible toilet, both with baby-changing facilities, are now available in the space previously occupied by the ticket office. Morden station was prioritised because it is a terminus, although the toilets have opened a few months later than originally planned."
"Elsewhere on the network, accessible toilets opened last year at Clapton, Seven Sisters and White Hart Lane London Overground stations. New facilities are due next at New Cross Gate, followed by Acton Central. Work is also underway at Amersham Underground station, where existing customer toilets are being refurbished and converted into fully accessible facilities. Further new accessible toilets are planned for Colindale, Leyton, Northolt, West Ham tube stations, and Surrey Quays Overground station."
Morden tube station's former ticket office has been converted into two toilets, a gender-neutral facility and a fully accessible toilet, both with baby-changing facilities. The works are the first delivery of a £15 million programme backed by a Mayoral commitment of £3 million annually for five years. The programme aims to introduce toilets at selected stations, increase accessible toilets, upgrade existing facilities, and ensure passengers are within 20 minutes of a toilet without changing trains. Accessible facilities have opened or are planned at multiple Underground and Overground stations, alongside mid-life refurbishments and LED lighting upgrades network-wide.
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