New toilets have, er, dropped at a Northern line Tube station — as part of £15m plans to make TfL’s network more fair, accessible and inclusive for customers.
An accessible toilet and a gender-neutral toilet — both with baby change facilities — are now available at Morden station, which until now had no public toilet facilities. The toilets are the latest in the ‘Equity in Motion’ plan from TfL/the Mayor of London, announced in 2024, and which has recently seen new accessible toilets installed at Clapton, Seven Sisters and White Hart Lane Overground stations.
TfL might be flushed with pride but it’s not stopping there. Next on the list are new accessible toilets for New Cross Gate and Acton Central Overground stations, while further ones will be installed at Colindale (which has recently undergone a major transformation), Leyton, Northolt and West Ham Underground stations — as well as at Surrey Quays London Overground station — as part of wider station enhancement works.
While up to five million people use TfL’s rail network every day, a report published in 2023 claimed that stretches are a veritable “loo desert”. Indeed, the longest stretch without a toilet was the 12 stops between Elephant and Castle and Morden on the Northern line, something that’s now been rectified.
Says Emma Strain, TfL’s Customer Director: “We know that for many people, not being able to access a toilet can be the difference between going out on the network or not, which can have a disruptive and devastating impact on their lives. The opening of these new toilets at Morden is a significant milestone in our work to increase and improve provision on our network, building on our programme of improved facilities at Tube stations across the capital, and ties into our commitment to make our wider network as fair, accessible and inclusive as possible.”
Elsewhere across the network, major refurbishment works will convert existing customer toilets into fully accessible facilities at Amersham Tube station, while upgrade works are underway at loos in Penge West and Crystal Palace London Overground stations. Stanmore, Watford, Bush Hill Park and Enfield Town stations will be getting upgrades in due course too.
TfL has a toilet Tube map on its website, although with the ongoing additions/upgrades, it’s liable to be out of date.
