Nine Elms railway station in the

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district of

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was opened on 21 May 1838 as the London terminus of the

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which on the same day became the

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. The building in the neoclassical style was designed by

Sir William Tite Sir William Tite (7 February 179820 April 1873) was an English architect who twice served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, with railway stations and cemetery ...

. The station was inconveniently situated for travel to central London, with the necessity to complete the journey by road or by the steam boats connecting the station to points between Vauxhall and London Bridge. The station was closed to passengers from 11 July 1848 when the L&SWR opened its metropolitan extension, the

Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct The Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct is a large Victorian railway viaduct in south London. The viaduct is in length and carries the South West Main Line into Waterloo station. Initially constructed in 1848, the viaduct begins in eastern Battersea in ...

from Nine Elms to Waterloo (then called Waterloo Bridge Station), and the area adjacent to the station housed the L&SWR's carriage and wagon works until their relocation to

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in 1909. After closure to passengers the station and surrounding tracks continued in use for goods traffic. In 1941 the building was damaged by German bombs and it was demolished in the 1960s. The station closed as a freight depot on 29 July 1968. The site became the flower section of the

New Covent Garden Market New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, London, is the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the United Kingdom. It covers a site of and is home to about 200 fruit, vegetable and flower companies. The market serves 40% of the f ...

in 1974.

Gallery

Vauxhall 1847 Joseph Cross map detail.jpg, Detail from a map of 1847 showing the station Nine Elms pass.JPG, Nine Elms station, when in use as a goods station, adapted from an old photograph dated about 1905.

References

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