Editing Victoria line (section)

=== Step-free access ===
[[File:Step-free access notification (Victoria line).png|thumb|right|Notice explaining about step-free access. This can be found inside every Victoria line train.|alt=(Wheelchair symbol) and the text: Stations with step-free access from the Victoria line platforms to the street are shown with this symbol.]]
When the line was built, budgetary restrictions meant that station infrastructure standards were lower than on older lines and on later extension projects.{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=235}} Examples include narrower than usual platforms and undecorated ceilings at Walthamstow Central, [[Blackhorse Road station|Blackhorse Road]] and Tottenham Hale, affecting lighting levels.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Victoria Line |magazine=Railway Magazine|year=1969|volume=115|page=246}}</ref> The line was built with fewer escalators than other lines as a cost-saving measure.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.citymetric.com/transport/i-m-very-worried-crossrail-doesn-t-have-enough-escalators-3359|title=I'm very worried that Crossrail doesn't have enough escalators|work=CityMetric|date=27 September 2017|access-date=14 September 2018|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132235/https://www.citymetric.com/transport/i-m-very-worried-crossrail-doesn-t-have-enough-escalators-3359|url-status=dead}}</ref> The lack of a third escalator linking station entrances to platforms at some stations can cause severe congestion at peak times.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/davehillblog/2010/mar/15/transport-for-london-underground-escalators-switched-off-energy-financial-savings|title=Transport for London: escalating issues|first=Dave|last=Hill|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 March 2010|access-date=26 October 2018}}</ref> Stations have closed temporarily for safety reasons when escalators have been unserviceable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/victoria-cld-stickers-archive.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/victoria-cld-stickers-archive.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2022 |url-status=live|title=Highbury & Islington closed for escalator repairs|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>

Step-free routes are available between the Victoria line and other lines at most interchanges.<ref name=tubemap/> [[Tottenham Hale station|Tottenham Hale]], [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]], [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station|King's Cross St Pancras]], Green Park, Victoria, Vauxhall and [[Brixton tube station|Brixton]] have step-free access from street to train.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2019/january/finsbury-park-tube-station-becomes-step-free#:~:text=Finsbury%20Park%20is%20one%20of,thousands%20of%20customers%20every%20day.%22|title=Finsbury Park Tube station becomes step-free|work=Transport for London|date=28 January 2019|access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=tubemap>{{cite map/Standard Tube Map}}</ref><ref>{{citation step free tube map}}</ref><ref>{{citation Avoiding stairs Tube guide}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/december/-36m-upgrade-of-vauxhall-tube-station-reaches-half-way|title=£36m upgrade of Vauxhall Tube station reaches half way|date=18 December 2014|access-date=11 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711142428/https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/december/-36m-upgrade-of-vauxhall-tube-station-reaches-half-way|archive-date=11 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/victoria |title=Victoria |work=Improvements and Projects |publisher=[[Transport for London]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711141847/https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/victoria |archive-date=11 July 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> Platform humps have been installed at all stations (except Pimlico) to provide level access to trains, improving access for customers with mobility impairments, luggage or pushchairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-ve-done |title=Victoria line |work=What We've Done |publisher= [[Transport for London]] |access-date=11 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711143215/https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-ve-done |archive-date=11 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>