Cutty Sark DLR station has closed for a year to allow four new escalators to be installed.
According to Greenwich Council, the four new state-of-the-art, energy efficient escalators will provide customers with “easier and more reliable access” to and from the station.
Cutty Sark DLR closed at the end of Saturday (May 31) and will stay shut until next spring to allow the existing escalators—described as “increasingly unreliable” and “beyond economical to repair”—to be replaced with new ones.
Greenwich Council has urged those who use the station to use nearby Greenwich station throughout the closure, or local bus services.
The council has installed additional street signage to direct customers between the Cutty Sark and Greenwich stations, which is a journey of around 11 minutes on foot.
A Greenwich Council spokesperson said: “We welcome the news of improvement works to Cutty Sark DLR station. The escalator replacement will ensure a fully accessible station for all users for many years to come.
“In the meantime, there are many other ways to get to and from Greenwich including buses, mainline rail stations and riverboat services.
“Greenwich town centre is always open. We’re working closely with local businesses and our tourism partners to make sure the impact of the closure is as minimal as possible.
“As a UNESCO world heritage, millions of people come to Greenwich to visit its world-famous park, observatory and other attractions every year, so we’ll be exploring all the ways we can work with TfL and others to keep our town centre the vibrant, bustling corner of London that people know and love.”
