Battersea Power Station is proposed to be the new terminus
Proposed site of Nine Elms station, currently a car park
The Northern line extension to Battersea was an extension of the London Underground to Battersea in South London initially to Battersea Power Station from Kennington and then, possibly, onto Clapham Junction. The extension formed a continuation of the Charing Cross branch of the line.
The extension was proposed as a privately-funded project by the site developers, Treasury Holdings, with contributions from other sources such as the new US embassy.
Battersea was the new southern terminus, extending the line from Kennington with a new station at Nine Elms on Wandsworth Road.[1][2]. It was introduced in Travelcard Zone 2.
Nine Elms tube station[1] is situated by the junction of Wandsworth Road and Wilcox Road, at a site that was previously used as a car park for the Nine Elms branch of Sainsburys.[3] However, a 2010 consultation put forward four proposals with two slightly different locations for Nine Elms, an interchange at Vauxhall station (for the Victoria line) instead and a direct link with no in between station.[4] In addition to serving the mostly residential communities, Nine Elms also provided improved access for the nearby New Covent Garden Market and the new Embassy of the United States in London[5].
Major landowners and council leaders in London's Nine Elms area said in November 2010 that the extension could be funded largely from developer contributions and would provide an economic windfall for the entire Nine Elms regeneration area. At the inaugural meeting of the Nine Elms and Vauxhall Strategy Board, members were told that a study commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) had put the total cost for new link at £560 million[6].
On 11 November 2010 Wandsworth Council granted planning permission for a two station extension of the Northern Line from Kennington with one of two new tube stations located at the power station site and the other at Wandsworth Road.[7]
The extension opened on 20 September 2021, with full service starting on the same day.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Battersea Power Station: A Sustainable Transport Solution. Retrieved on 2009-07-19.
- ↑ Template:Cite news
- ↑ London Reconnections: Taking the Northern Line to Battersea. Retrieved on 2009-07-19.
- ↑ http://www.dragondark.co.uk/lr/leafletcampaign.pdf
- ↑ An Embassy for the future - Nine Elms and the new US Embassy. Retrieved on 2009-07-19.
- ↑ Template:Cite press release
- ↑ http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/article/10136/battersea_power_station_scheme_approved
External links[]
- Battersea Power Station Tour & Tube Plans London Underground Tube Diary 5 July 2008
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