Nunhead station will receive £50,000 in council funding to make it fully accessible.
Southwark Council’s investment will be drawn from its strategic community infrastructure levy (SCIL), which is money generated from developers building in the borough.
At the council’s cabinet meeting on January 7, Cllr Helen Dennis said Nunhead was one of the borough’s least accessible areas by public transport.
The cabinet member for new homes and sustainable development said: “There’s no Tube there, fewer buses. The station is highly-used but is not accessible at the moment.
“So, we’re kickstarting some initial feasibility work looking at different designs that would make that station fully accessible.”
The design work will allow the council to make an Access For All bid which would make the station a higher priority for Network Rail funding.
The station improvements are one of many projects being funded by SCIL, including an LGBTQ+ Cultural Centre at Bankside Yards.
50 per cent of SCIL money will go towards the Bakerloo Line extension and upgrade.
