Northern line extension to Battersea

If the extension is built, a redeveloped Battersea Power Station will be the new terminus for "via Charing Cross" trains

Possible site of Nine Elms station, currently a car park

The Northern line extension to Battersea is 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 will form a continuation of the Charing Cross branch of the line.

The extension is a privately-funded project by the site developers, Treasury Holdings, with contributions from other sources such as the new US embassy. The plan has been given planning permission and could be open by 2015.^[1] Battersea will be the new southern terminus, extending the line from Kennington with a new station at Nine Elms on Wandsworth Road.^[2][3] It would be in Travelcard Zone 2.

Nine Elms tube station^[2] may be situated by the junction of Wandsworth Road and Wilcox Road, at a site that is currently used as a car park for the Nine Elms branch of Sainsburys.^[4] However a May 2010 consultation put forward four proposals (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.^[5] In addition to serving the mostly residential communities, the Nine Elms would also provide improved access for the nearby New Covent Garden Market and the proposed new Embassy of the United States in London.^[6]

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.^[7]

On 11 November 2010, Wandsworth Council granted planning permission for an 8m sqft development of the Battersea Power Station site. Although the plans included 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), the actual Tube extension will be the subject of a separate Transport & Works Act Order (TWAO) application, expected to be submitted in 2012. The Battersea Power Station site planning permission was approved by the Mayor of London on 22 December 2010.^[1][8] The Mayor went on to encourage Transport for London (TfL) to work with Treasury Holdings, the development managers of the Battersea site, on the Northern Line Extension. Treasury Holdings appointed Tony Whitehead as NLE Project Director (he previously worked in Northern Ireland on the Maze Prison site).

In May 2011, the developers launched a website about the extension, including a consultation about location of the required ventilation and emergency access shafts on the route and proposed station names.^[9] A further consultation on route options was carried out over summer 2011 and the results published on the website on 30 September 2011.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Battersea Power Station Scheme Approved for 2015". http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/article/10136/battersea_power_station_scheme_approved. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Battersea Power Station: A Sustainable Transport Solution". http://www.battersea-powerstation.com/#/our-proposals/a-sustainable-transport-solution. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
3. ^ Rowson, Jessica (2008-06-26). "Battersea Power Station's £4bn plan to hinge on Tube extension". New Civil Engineer. http://www.nce.co.uk/news/2008/06/battersea_power_stations_4bn_plan_to_hinge_on_tube_extension.html. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
4. ^ "London Reconnections: Taking the Northern Line to Battersea". http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2009/06/taking-tube-to-battersea.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
5. ^ http://www.dragondark.co.uk/lr/leafletcampaign.pdf
6. ^ "An Embassy for the future - Nine Elms and the new US Embassy". http://www.newusembassy-london.co.uk/context.php. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
7. ^ "Study shows Nine Elms tube link viable" (Press release). Wandsworth Council. 2010-11-05. http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/article/10120/study_shows_nine_elms_tube_link_viable. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
8. ^ "Mayor approves £5.5bn Battersea Power Station revamp". BBC News. 2010-12-22. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12063517. 
9. ^ "Northern Line Extension to Nine Elms and Battersea". http://northernlineextension.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-10. 

External links

• Northern Line Extension to Nine Elms and Battersea Official website with consultation
• Battersea Power Station Tour & Tube Plans London Underground Tube Diary 5 July 2008

Coordinates: 51°28′49″N 0°08′25″W / 51.4803°N 0.1403°W / 51.4803; -0.1403