TfL have announced that Kentish Town, on the Northern line, will re-open to passengers on Monday 23rd December. The work on the escalators is complete, along with a comprehensive deep clean and a new floor and ceiling in the ticket hall. They have also increased the number of gates to 7.
There is still some work to complete before new ticket machines can be made live, so initially there will be some hoardings in the ticket hall. Customers wishing to top-up their Oyster card or purchase tickets will need to do so before arriving at the station. The other thing that will also be unavailable to start with is the passage within the paid area between the ticket hall and the Thameslink station footbridge. Access to the Thameslink station will continue to be via the out-of-hours entrance as at present.
This means that to interchange between the Underground and Thameslink stations you will beed to touch out at the gates and touch back in at the validators by the street entrance. I’ve asked whether there will be an out-of-station interchange setting in use and am currently waiting for an answer. If you do interchange and it charges you for two journeys then contact the helpdesk and ask for a refund because they don’t intend to overcharge.