Nine Elms tube station

Nine Elms is a London Underground station under construction in Nine Elms, London, as part of the Northern line extension to Battersea. The station is due to open in Autumn 2021.[4]

Nine Elms
Station building under construction in October 2019.
Nine Elms Location of Nine Elms in Greater London
Location	Nine Elms
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2015	Not Opened[1]
2016	Not Opened[1]
2017	Not Opened[1]
2018	Not Opened[2]
2019	Not Opened[3]
Key dates
2021	Planned opening
Other information
WGS84	51.48000°N 0.12850°W
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When open, Nine Elms tube station will serve the rapidly growing Nine Elms area,[5] New Covent Garden Market and the new Embassy of the United States.

The new station is close to the site of the former Nine Elms railway station, once the terminus of the London and South Western Railway.

Services

The future station will be located in Zone 1, and will be served by the Northern line as part of the two-station extension from Kennington to serve the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station. It will serve as the intermediate station for the new branch.

Design

The station will be designed and built by Ferrovial Agroman Laing O’Rourke,[6] with over-station development by Assael Architecture.[7] Art on the Underground has commissioned the artist Samara Scott to install a permanent artwork in the station's ticket hall: coloured liquid "spillages" containing objects and materials collected from the local area will be embedded into sections of the concrete panels of the ticket hall's walls.[8][9]

Construction

The station was given the final approval by the Secretary of State for Transport in November 2014,[10][11] and construction began in 2015.[12]

The station is being built using the cut-and-cover station box method, ensuring easy access during construction, as well as allowing future construction of a mixed-use development on top of the station.[13]

The station was projected to open along with the rest of the extension in 2020,[5] but in December 2018 the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced that the project's opening would be delayed for a year.[14]

By June 2019, major tunnelling and track works had been completed, with an engineering train running on the extension for the first time.[15] By February 2020, construction of the station was nearly complete, with platforms, escalators and the London Underground roundel installed on the station.[16]

Space around the station

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.[17] 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.[18]

New Covent Garden Market, which the station is set to serve.

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
4. "Northern line extension". Transport for London. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
5. "Nine Elms on the South Bank". Nine Elms on the South Bank. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
6. "Next Step for Northern Line Extension". London Borough of Wandsworth. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
7. "20/02331/FUL | Full 'slot-in' planning application for residential led mixed-use development above and surrounding Nine Elms Station, comprising three new residential buildings of 21 storeys, 16 storeys and 17 storeys (Use Class C3) providing a total of 479 homes, plus small scale commercial floorspace of 108m2 (Expanded Use Classes A1-A5 and D1), works within the Nine Elms Station 'boxes', a new public square, and associated works. | 10 Pascal Street London SW8 4SH". London Borough of Lambeth. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
8. "A New Permanent Artwork for Nine Elms". Art on the Underground. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
9. "Artworks announced for Battersea and Nine Elms Northern Line stations". Wandsworth Borough Council. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
10. "Northern Line extension to Battersea and Nine Elms given go-ahead". BBC News. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
11. "Northern line extension to Battersea gets go-ahead" (Press release). Transport for London. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
12. "Tube on its way to Battersea as work starts on Northern line extension". Wandsworth Borough Council.
13. "Excavation and tunnelling at Nine Elms makes way for TfL's new underground station and Over Station Development | aspireDM". aspireDM. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
14. "Northern Line extension to Battersea Power Station faces 12 month delay in latest TfL setback". CityAM. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
15. "Northern Line trains on track for Nine Elms". Wandsworth Borough Council. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
16. "Battersea Power Station signs unveiled at new Northern Line hub". Evening Standard. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
17. "Give My View – Nine Elms". Give my view. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
18. "TfL given the greenlight for development above future Nine Elms Tube station" (Press release). Transport for London. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links

• Northern Line Extension from TfL