* * * * The Times of Monday published some
interesting information about the reconstruction of Tube railway stations in London. Piccadilly Circus station is to be rebuilt so as to make it possible to deal with the extra- ordinary growth in passenger traffic. In 1907, the year when the station was opened, it was used by 1,500,000 passengers. Last year the number of passengers was 18,000,000. The new station will be oval in shape, with a ring of subways like those at the Bank station. These subways will be open to the public for crossing the Circus in safety. Three escalators will serve the Bakerloo Tube and three the Piccadilly Tube. Fifteen turnstiles will be installed in the booking hall for the purpose of avoiding queues. At the Oxford Circus station, the Bakerloo and the Central London stations, which are at present separate, will be merged into one. At Tottenham Court Road the Hampstead line station and the Central London station, which are at present separate, will also be merged into one.
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