The TFL group (transport for London) have reportedly wasted more than 64 million pounds on a scheme which has collapsed which was meant to make seven tube stations accessible to disabled passengers using wheelchairs and parents with push chairs.

The final amount of money wasted due to the abandonment of the scheme has recently been revealed; the figures are quite shocking and illustrate the level of failure the scheme has reached.

It has been discovered that the Travel for London group spent around 39 million pounds as Shepherd’s Bush tube station with an estimated 4.4 million for new lifts and the fees of the contractor reaching 22 million, even though all that actually got built were 2 empty lift shafts, only once building started did the full difficulties come to light.

Travel for London said in a statement: “Installing a lift at Shepherd’s Bush station was always going to be costly and technically challenging because of the layout and condition of the below-ground station. Perhaps better planning would have helped travel for London understand the extent of the size of the project both money wise and development wise.

Some other development has been stopped at a further six stations since September last year due to travel for London not having enough money to continue. The work was halted at this point “to avoid further impacting the customer environment and to avoid incurring unnecessary construction or reinstatement costs”, explained Travel for London.

The scheme’s failure means that wheelchair users and pushchair users will still not have lift access to platforms. There is the possibility that the project could be started again in the future although there are no plans. This comes as a biter disappointment to many people and the amount of money that has been spent on the project with no results is simply awful.

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