§ Mr. Bradleyasked the Minister of Transport whether there will be a station in the Pimlico area on the new Victoria Line.
§ Mr. MarshI have today approved a proposal by the London Transport Board to build a station at Pimlico on the Brixton extension of the Victoria Line. The cost is estimated at £1.4 million.
A cost benefit study by the Board showed that considerable benefits can be expected to accrue to road traffic which would more than offset the small net loss that the station is likely to show in London Transport's revenue account. London Transport have been authorised to start work immediately on the platform tunnels, so that the work can be phased in the most economic way with the tunnelling work for the line which is now in progress.