Crew Accommodation Building - Morden Tube Station London

"The speed of off-site construction helped us to minimise the level of disruption to the operational railway. It allowed us to guarantee quality and for this project, we felt it was by far the most efficient and cost-effective building method."

The Requirement

A purpose-designed building was required to provide train crew accommodation as part of an investment programme to improve services on the Northern Line.

By positioning the 750sqm crew accommodation building at the northbound head of the trains, London Underground would save time on train turnarounds, and have part of the modern integrated train operations infrastructure in place to enable service improvements on the south end of the Northern Line.

The Solution

24 steel-framed modules were manufactured off-site by Yorkon, and craned into position with glazing, internal partitioning, toilets, showers, plumbing and tiling already in place. The building at the southern terminus of the Northern Line provides a canteen, showers, locker rooms, office accommodation, training room and operations desk for the line.

The external façade of the crew building was completed in white with green windows and fascia to reflect the original colour scheme at Morden Station and on the Northern Line.

Tilt/turn windows were used for ease of cleaning as the two-storey building is located over a live railway line. The scheme was also designed with the flexibility to be extended in the future to accommodate signalling and communications equipment on the third floor platform.

Comments from the Client

Mark Jordan, Assistant Project Manager, London Underground:

"The speed of off-site construction helped us to minimise the level of disruption to the operational railway. It allowed us to guarantee quality and for this project, we felt it was by far the most efficient and cost-effective building method."