Battersea Power Station | |
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 Station exterior in September 2021 | |
  Battersea Power Station Location of Battersea Power Station in Greater London | |
| Location | Battersea |
| Local authority | London Borough of Wandsworth |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Battersea Park  Queenstown Road |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2020 | Not opened[1] |
| 2021 |  2.18 million[2] |
| 2022 | 8.65 million[3] |
| 2023 |  8.40 million[4] |
| 2024 | 9.23 million[5] |
| Key dates | |
| 20 September 2021 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°28′46″N0°08′31″W / 51.47950°N 0.14200°W /51.47950; -0.14200 |
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Battersea Power Station is aLondon Underground station inBattersea,London, which forms the terminus of theNorthern line extension to Battersea.
The station, partially funded by the redevelopment ofBattersea Power Station,[6] serves the redevelopment site andBattersea itself. The station is located on Battersea Park Road, close toBattersea Park railway station and within walking distance fromQueenstown Road railway station, forming an out-of-station interchange with both stations. The station opened along with the extension of the Northern line on 20 September 2021.[7] It is the only station on the London Underground network to include the word 'station' in its name.[8]
The station is located inLondon fare zone 1 and is served by theNorthern line as part of theextension fromKennington to serve the redevelopment ofBattersea Power Station. Trains from Battersea Power Station run viaCharing Cross only, as the branch extends off the Kennington loop.[9] The next station in the branch towardsNorth London isNine Elms.
The station serves as the terminus for the new branch, with a crossover junction before it, allowing trains to terminate on either platform. Overrun tunnels underneathBattersea Dogs & Cats Home were proposed;[10] however, these wereomitted to save money.[11] Provisions have been made for a possible extension toClapham Junction railway station.[12] The station also serves as anout-of-station interchange withBattersea Park railway station.[13]
London Buses routes156,211,344 and436 serve the station.[15]
The station wasdesigned and built by a joint venture betweenLaing O'Rourke andFerrovial Agroman,[16][17] with station entrance canopy designed byGrimshaw.[18] The station design allows for the future installation ofplatform screen doors.[19][20]
Art on the Underground commissioned the artistAlexandre da Cunha to install a permanent piece of artwork in the ticket hall of the station: a 100 m (330 ft)kinetic sculpture using arotating billboard entitledSunset, Sunrise, Sunset.[21][22] In October 2023, aLabyrinth by artistMark Wallinger was installed at the station, marking 10 years of the artworks and the 160th anniversary of the London Underground.[23]
The station was given final approval by theSecretary of State for Transport in November 2014,[24] before construction began in 2015, with completion originally scheduled for 2020.[25] Tunnelling of the Northern line extension began at Battersea, with the twotunnel boring machines, Helen and Amy, departing the site in March 2017 to dig the running tunnels of the extended line.[6]
In the draft edition of theTransport for London (TfL) "Business Plan 2014", issued as part of the TfL Board papers for their meeting on 10 December 2014, the mapTfL's Rail Transport Network at 2021 labelled the terminus as "Battersea Power Station", instead of just "Battersea" as had appeared on previous publications.[26] In December 2015, TfL confirmed that the station would be named "Battersea Power Station".[27] This means it is the only station on the Underground with the word "station" in its official name. There has been some confusion as to whether to construct the name as "Battersea Power (S/s)tation" or "Battersea Power Station station".[28]
In December 2018, theMayor of London,Sadiq Khan, announced that the project would be delayed until September 2021 at the earliest "to increase the station's capacity to cope with a higher number of passengers than originally forecast".[29]
By June 2019, major tunnelling and track works had been completed, with an engineering train running on the extension for the first time.[30] By February 2020, construction of the station was nearly complete, with platforms, escalators and theLondon Underground roundel installed.[31] The first London Underground train ran onto the extension over the 2020 Christmas period, marking the start of the signal testing period.[32]
The station opened on 20 September 2021,[33][34] part of the first major extension of the Underground since the Jubilee Line Extension in 1999.[35]
In September 2022, TfL announced that over 5 million trips had been made on the extension since opening, with an average of 80,000 trips a week at Battersea Power Station.[36] Battersea Power Station noted that demand will increase further as the site reopened as an office and retail complex in October 2022.[36] TfL estimated that demand could increase to 10 million yearly by 2024/25.[37][needs update]
In November 2022, Battersea Power Station was awarded theArchitects' Journal Architecture Award for Infrastructure and Transport, with the station canopy singled out for special praise by the judges.[38] A western entrance to the station was opened in October 2025, located underneath a new office building.[39] An existing subway underneath Battersea Park Road will be refurbished and connect to this new western entrance.[40]
This prompted a descoping of the tunnels beyond Battersea Power Station to become short 20-metre overrun tunnels, with trains to be outstabled in the platforms at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station instead.
The number of trains on the route was doubled in June, from six to 12 trains per hour during peak times, and from five to 10 trains per hour off-peak.
the first major new stretch of tube railway since the Jubilee Line extension (JLE) opened at the turn of the millennium.
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