Transport for London (TfL) has announced a partial closure of the Northern line over some parts of Spring and Summer 2024, affecting all stations between Golders Green and Edgware, including Hendon Central.
The line will be closed to allow for a major redevelopment of Colindale station, which will be temporarily closed in summer and autumn 2024.
There are other options for getting to campus, including local buses and National Rail Thameslink trains from Hendon Station. We'll be in touch in the coming months on plans for teaching and getting to campus during this time.
The closure takes place on the following dates, but we encourage you to plan your travel and check the TfL website for track closures and the latest travel advice when traveling:
Tuesday 2 to Thursday 11 April
Saturday 8 to Sunday 9 June
Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 June
Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 June
Further closures on the Northern line are expected in summer and autumn this year, which will be announced by TfL later this year.
Classes and timetabled sessions
Teaching will remain as scheduled for most subject areas across the University, so if you have on campus sessions, please plan alternative travel routes in advance.
If there are changes to scheduled teaching, then these will be communicated to you locally by your programme teams.
The following areas have confirmed that changes to scheduled teaching will be taking place:
For Education students, scheduled teaching will be made available online
For London Sport Institute students, whilst no teaching is scheduled, scheduled drop-in sessions will be made available online
For Nursing students, year 3 undergraduate teaching will be made available online. Undergraduate Nursing students in years 1 and 2 will continue to have skills sessions taking place at StoneX. Other sessions will be moved online
For Psychologystudents, no teaching will be impacted as the affected week is used for assessment support and tutorials. These will be provided online for those who find it difficult to travel to campus
For Social Work students, for affected groups, teaching sessions will be provided online
All programmes in Arts and Creative Industries have confirmed on-campus teaching during the closure period, due to the need for specialist spaces and resources
A temporary bus will run between Golders Green and Canons Park (for Jubilee line), stopping at all stations between Golders Green and Edgware including Hendon Central
If you're traveling to/from Edgware, it's faster to travel via Canons Park on the Jubilee line. Local buses 79 and 186 also serve the Edgware area andCanons Park station
If you're traveling to/from Golders Green, you can also use local bus routes 183 and 240 to get to campus from the station
The bus runs on all closure days, but not during Night Tube hours. Overnight, use the N5 bus instead
During the closure, the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line will continue to run as normal. During this time, depending on your start destination, you might prefer to travel to Finchley Central, which is a 10-minute journey to campus on local bus routes 125, 143, 326 and SL10 which all stop very close by to campus.
Just as a reminder, the SL10 (Superloop) service runs close by to campus, with quick and speedy connections to various stations across North-West London including Finchley Central, Hendon National Rail and Kingsbury.
Colindale station closure
Colindale station will be closed from Friday 7 June 2024, re-opening in December 2024. During the closure, trains will not stop at Colindale and there will be no replacement buses.
Travel advice TfL recommend the use of local buses for nearby stations. The following buses stop at Tube and Thameslinkstations close by:
Northern Line Closure this spring
The line will be closed to allow for a major redevelopment of Colindale station, which will be temporarily closed in summer and autumn 2024.
There are other options for getting to campus, including local buses and National Rail Thameslink trains from Hendon Station. We'll be in touch in the coming months on plans for teaching and getting to campus during this time.
The closure takes place on the following dates, but we encourage you to plan your travel and check the TfL website for track closures and the latest travel advice when traveling:
Further closures on the Northern line are expected in summer and autumn this year, which will be announced by TfL later this year.
Classes and timetabled sessions
Teaching will remain as scheduled for most subject areas across the University, so if you have on campus sessions, please plan alternative travel routes in advance.
If there are changes to scheduled teaching, then these will be communicated to you locally by your programme teams.
The following areas have confirmed that changes to scheduled teaching will be taking place:
Alternate routes to campus
Temporary bus route
Local buses to the Jubilee line
It may be faster to travel via the Jubilee line on these buses:
Thameslink services
Northern Line (High Barnet branch)
Superloop
Colindale station closure
Colindale station will be closed from Friday 7 June 2024, re-opening in December 2024. During the closure, trains will not stop at Colindale and there will be no replacement buses.
Travel advice
TfL recommend the use of local buses for nearby stations. The following buses stop at Tube and Thameslink stations close by:
Please regularly check your emails and UniHub for any updates from your lecturers and University on the announced closure.