London Underground (LU) has 272 passenger stations across Greater London with the oldest dating back 160 years. The extent of the network and its age mean continued investment is necessary to meet the needs of an ever-growing city and TfL’s Net Zero carbon targets.

To help meet this target, TfL has received finance from the £500m Mayor of London’s Green Finance Fund (GFF). The London Underground LED project will upgrade the fluorescent lighting of 140 small and medium sized stations to LED lighting over the next few years.

This project is expected to reduce TfL’s greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 465 tCO2e per annum, which would represent a 45 per cent reduction in energy usage (49,175 kWh per annum) across 140 LU stations. This will play a vital role in the Mayor’s ambition of London becoming a net zero city by 2030.