As part of Elephant and Castle’s £4bn transformation, Get Living, the UK’s leading operator of large-scale rental neighbourhoods, in partnership with Delancey and Multiplex, has completed the underground structure of the new Tube station entrance and ticket hall to initially replace the existing entrance to the Northern line, safeguard a future Bakerloo line extension and enable an improved passenger experience.
With Southwark Council contributing £70.5m to help fund this work, the station box will shortly be handed over to Transport for London (TfL) so that it can commence the tunnelling works to connect into the Northern line platforms. This will be followed by the fit out of the new station once funding for that work has been confirmed.
The new station entrance and ticket hall will open up into the heart of The Elephant, Get Living’s £1.5bn transformation of Elephant and Castle Town Centre.
Launching in 2026, The Elephant will comprise 485 new homes, of which 172 will be affordable, as well as 55 new shops, restaurants and bars, offices, and a new 5 screen cinema.
Alongside the new station entrance, a new University of the Arts London campus building has been delivered for the London College of Communication (LCC) which will open in 2027 and accommodate over 5,500 students and staff.
As part of a further proposed phase of the development, the site of the existing London College of Communication will be transformed to provide 507 new residential homes, a 452-bed student accommodation and a world-class cultural venue within a repurposed part of the existing building providing flexible spaces for arts, performances, and community activities.
This milestone not only marks a pivotal moment for the wider regeneration of Elephant and Castle, but the new station has been built to provide direct connection to a future Bakerloo line extension, a project that would unlock huge economic benefits across the UK.
A Bakerloo line extension would see the current line from Elephant and Castle extend to Lewisham and would include the introduction of two new stations at Burgess Park and Old Kent Road and would result in an additional 150,000 new public transport trips per day, expanding connectivity for communities currently living in the bottom third most deprived communities in England.
To mark the milestone, Get Living, Delancey, Multiplex, TfL, Southwark Council and the BusinessForBakerloo campaigners were joined by Deputy Mayor for Business, Howard Dawber, where the new media installation created by the LCC was unveiled.
