It could take a few weeks to fix a typo for a sign at London’s newest station.
Brent Cross West railway station, located in Geron Way off the A5 Edgware Road between Cricklewood and Hendon stations, will already have some work done after opening to the public on December 10, 2023.
Last week, the paper reported that one sign at the Edgware Road exit at the station is incorrectly spelt ‘Edgeware Road’ – after one eagle-eyed person spotted the blunder and shared it on Reddit.
Then on Friday (January 12) we saw for ourselves that the sign was still there.
After we brought this to the attention of Govia Thameslink Railway and Barnet Council, plans were made to temporarily remove the sign until it’s fixed.
A spokesperson from Barnet Council said: “We can confirm that the sign is being replaced, however, due to the bespoke nature of the design this could take a few weeks.
“In the meantime, the sign will be removed.”
Thameslink services connect the new station to central London, with journey times to St Pancras taking as little as 12 minutes.
At peak times, up to eight trains an hour pass through the station, providing links to Luton Airport and the Elizabeth line via Farringdon.
Passengers are served by six trains each way per hour during off-peak hours and weekends.
Barnet Council secured £419 million of government funding from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to allow the project to be delivered.
It has been supported by Mace, which project managed the programme.
As well as delivering the 7,000sq ft station, hundreds of metres of tracks were reconfigured and new modern railway sidings delivered, to allow Brent Cross West to be built.
Teams navigated the complexities of working on a live railway, as well as challenges faced by the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to its delay from opening in 2022.
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