The Northern line station was due to open in June after works to repair the escalators. Kentish Town Tube station is due to reopen on 23 December, closing early the next day for Christmas.

And where I live in Kentish Town, it was no different. Apart from, maybe, that our local MP Sir Keir Starmer was about to become the country’s next prime minister and I can see his house from mine.

Commuters wishing to top up Oyster cards at Kentish Town station may have to wait until May. The Northern Line station reopened late last year after closing in June 2023 for work to replace two ...