Connecting The Bakerloo, Elizabeth and Victoria Lines At Oxford Circus Station
To my mind it is a design fault of the Elizabeth Line, that it does not correct directly to the Victoria Line.
This OpenRailwayMap shows the various lines at Oxford Circus station.
Note.
- Oxford Street running East-West across the top of the map.
- The Central Line runs under Oxford Street.
- Regent Street running North-South down the map.
- The Bakerloo Line runs under Regent Street.
- The buff tracks running East-West are the Elizabeth Line.
- Hanover Square is above the Elizabeth Line at the Western edge of the map.
- The tracks of the Victoria Line can be picked outrunning North-South down the map.
- They pass through Oxford Circus station at the outside to give cross-platform interchange with the Bakerloo Line.
Consider.
- Oxford Circus station is not step-free.
- The Elizabeth Line entrance in Hanover Square is step-free.
I believe, as at Bank station, that a deep tunneled connection could be made between Oxford Circus station and the Elizabeth Line entrance in Hanover Square.
Note.
- It could be below the foundations of the buildings.
- A travellator might make it easier for some.
- There could even be shops, cafes and perhaps toilets in the tunnel.
There might not need to be any new street entrances to the below ground complex.
The Anonymous Widower 
If you look at the history of Monument and Bank stations, Bank opened in 1900 with no connection to Monument which already existed. In 1933 the Bank-Monument escalator link finally opened. On that basis we’ll be waiting around 30 years more until they get around to joining the Victoria Line to the Elizabeth Line.
Comment by fammorris | February 23, 2024 |
One factor to be noted is the plans at Finsbury Square and Cavendish Square to convert the car parks for other purposes.
I believe we’ll see the space under London squares being developed for commercial purposes. Hanover Square has no car park or road entrance, but it could have superb connections to the Bakerloo, Central, Elizabeth and Victoria Lines.
Comment by AnonW | February 23, 2024 |
They wanted to avoid delivering more people to an already-completely-full Victoria Line.
Elizabeth Line passengers needing areas served by the Victoria line were expected to take Crossrail 2 changing at Tottenham Court Road instead.
In the interim, they put the Hannover Square exit a mere 250m from Oxford Circus entrance, and made Bond-Oxford Street an out-of-station interchange. They’re ~150m too far apart for a double-ended station solution like Farringdon / LiverpoolSt.
Comment by Mark | February 24, 2024 |
The double ended station with Liverpool Street is Moorgate not Farringdon.Farringdon has two entrances as well,the eastern one behind Barbican station with a link to the Westbound platform only of Barbican station itself.
Comment by hughsteavenson | February 26, 2024 |
Thanks!
Comment by AnonW | February 26, 2024 |
Farringdon is double-ended with Barbican.
LiverpoolSt is double-ended with Moorgate.
Comment by Mark | February 27, 2024 |