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New images show the progress of a huge £600 million revamp of Bank Station which will see 1,500 metres of tunnels created 27 metres under the City of London.

New pathways will be created to simplify the “spaghetti maze” of tunnels used by 52 million commuters every year.

A new entrance to Bank station will be created in the European Headquarters of the Bloomberg building on Cannon Street

A concourse will be created between the north and southbound Northern line platforms.

Currently 90,000 people enter and exit Bank Station during rush hour – making it the third busiest in the capital.

Some 52 million passengers use the station every year, the upgrade will see the potential capacity increased by 40 per cent to minimise overcrowding as the capital’s population grows.

Twelve new escalators will be built during the revamp that will see specialists build 1,300 metres of new tunnels 27ft below iconic buildings including the Bank of England.

Careful excavation is needed to build under the area’s 31 Grade 1 listed buildings.

Project manager Andy Swift told the Standard: “The area between Bank and Monument stations is currently incredibly convoluted.

“It was designed in the 1880s and proves incredibly difficult for passengers entering, exiting and interchanging at the station every day.

“By the time the work is complete, people will be able to move around more simply and have access to the London Underground and DLR from street level. Currently step free access is only available to the DLR using four lifts and not at all to the Northern line.”

“What is amazing is that we are moving around under there every day completing this work while millions of people pass overhead completely unaware.”

Mr Swift said trains will not stop at stations on certain weekends in summer 2020.

The upgrade is due for completion in early 2022.