ONE busy London station has closed until next month – and it is bad news if you are travelling during the day.
Southwark Underground Station in London has now closed during the daytime, every weekday across the next month.
Southwark Underground Station will be closed during the day over the next few weeks Credit: Alamy
The closure started on August 17 and will run until September 11.
This means that the Jubilee Line will not stop at the station at certain times of the day.
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Commuters shouldn’t be impacted too much though as the station will only be closed between 9:45am and 4:15pm, but Transport for London (TfL) is advising passengers to check before they travel.
But families or tourists travelling off peak will not be able to get off at the station.
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The tube station is undergoing extensive construction works above ground including two mixed-use buildings being added on top of the site.
High noise levels mean that it is unsafe to run operations during the time construction work is being done.
There will also be a new shopping area and cafe space, as well as a public garden and a play area.
The next nearest station on the Jubilee Line is Waterloo, which is around an eight to 10-minute walk away.
Work is being done above the station to build two new buildings Credit: Alamy
Once work has finished on the station and surrounding site, there will be a 15 storey building with 429 ensuite studio rooms, used as student accommodation.
There will then be another nine storey block, with 44 council homes.
Southwark station opened back in 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) and today, 30 trains per hour in each direction at the station.
In November 2025, the station was officially awarded Grade II-listed status by Historic England.
Experts at the time even labelled it as “one of the most memorable and theatrical spaces on the London Underground network”.
