Thursday, August 19, 2021
In a month's time the Northern line will be extended to Battersea Power Station.
• This'll be the first tube extension since Heathrow T5 in March 2008.
• Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station will be the first new tube stations since Wood Lane in October 2008.
• Yes, it's going to be called Battersea Power Station station. They decided that in 2015, it's old news.
Factnuggets
» The extension is 3.14km long (that's 2 miles).
» Kennington to Nine Elms (2.10km) is exactly twice as far as Nine Elms to Battersea Power Station (1.04km).
» Within zone 1, only Waterloo to Bank (2.37km) is further between stations than Kennington to Nine Elms.
» The southbound tunnel passes directly underneath Oval station, but doesn't stop.
Service pattern at launch
The new extension won't be served as frequently as the rest of the line. No trains on the Bank branch will serve Battersea. Approximately three-quarters of trains on the Charing Cross branch will still terminate at Kennington. Off-peak (including weekends) expect a train every 12 minutes to/from Battersea but every 3 minutes to/from Morden. At all times expect four times as many trains on the line down to Morden as on the Battersea extension.
| First train | northbound | southbound |
| Mon-Sat | 05:28 Battersea to Kennington | 05:42 Kennington to Battersea
(arrives 05:46) |
| Sunday | 07:12 Battersea to High Barnet | 06:49 Edgware to Battersea
(arrives 07:32) |
| Last train | northbound | southbound |
| Mon-Sat | 00:28 Battersea to Edgware | 00:48 Kennington to Battersea
(arrives 00:53) |
| Sunday | 23:32 Battersea to Edgware | 23:57 Kennington to Battersea
(arrives 00:02) |
#nerdfact: Before 5pm on a weekday most trains departing Battersea will be going to High Barnet or Mill Hill East. After 5pm most will be going to Edgware.
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