Nine Elms is a

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station in

Nine Elms Nine Elms is an area of south-west London, England, within the London Borough of Wandsworth. It lies on the River Thames, with Battersea to the west, South Lambeth to the south and Vauxhall to the east. The area was formerly mainly industrial bu ...

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. The station opened on 20 September 2021, as part of the

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. It serves the rapidly growing area,

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and the

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. It is close to the site of the former

Nine Elms railway station Nine Elms railway station in the London district of Battersea was opened on 21 May 1838 as the London terminus of the London and Southampton Railway which on the same day became the London and South Western Railway. The building in the neoclas ...

, once the terminus of the

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Services

The station is in Zone 1, served by the

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as part of the two-station extension from

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. The extension runs on to the redevelopment of

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Service pattern

*10tph to

(12tph at peak times) *8tph to High Barnet via Charing Cross (10tph at peak times) *2tph to Mill Hill East via Charing Cross

Connections

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routes 77, 87,

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, 452 and night route N87 serve the station.

Design

The station entrance was designed by Grimshaw, and the future over-station development will be designed by

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. Design provisions for potential future installation of

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have been added to the station. In September 2019,

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announced that the artist Samara Scott had been commissioned to install a permanent artwork in the station's ticket hall. Before the opening of the extension in September 2021, it was confirmed that this artwork was not installed due to technical reasons. Another commission will take place for artwork at the station in future.

Space around the station

New Covent Garden Flower Market - geograph

The future over-station development will provide over 400 new homes (with 40 percent being affordable), office space, retail and a new public square serving the station. This will allow Transport for London to recoup some of the costs of building the station, as well as providing long-term revenue for TfL. An archway under the Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct has been opened up as a pedestrian route, allowing easier north–south access through the area, as well as improving access to the Embassy Gardens and US Embassy developments. A large

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superstore was demolished to make way for the station and was rebuilt and reopened in 2016. The new store is directly adjacent to the station.

History

Construction

The station was given the final approval by the

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in November 2014, and construction began in 2015. The station was built using the cut-and-cover

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method, ensuring easy access during construction, as well as allowing future construction of a mixed-use development on top of the station. The station was projected to open along with the rest of the extension in 2020, but in December 2018, the

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, announced that the project's opening would be delayed for a year. Nine Elms Station Platform (51495883952)

By June 2019, major tunnelling and track works had been completed, with an engineering train running on the extension for the first time. By February 2020, construction of the station was nearly complete, with platforms, escalators and the London Underground roundel installed on the station.

Opening

The station opened on 20 September 2021. In September 2022, TfL announced that over 5 million trips had been made on the extension since opening, with an average of 40,000 trips a week at Nine Elms, around half that of Battersea Power Station.

References

External links

Northern Line Extension from TfL
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