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- The new entrance provides quicker and more direct access to the station for those travelling to and from the riverside neighbourhood’s new pedestrianised high street, Electric Boulevard, as well as improving links for residents in the wider Battersea area.
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): A new step-free entrance to the London Underground station at Battersea Power Station opened on Oct 6, giving Tube customers a second fully accessible entrance for accessing Northern line services.
According to a media release by Battersea Power Station Development Company, the new entrance provides quicker and more direct access to the station for those travelling to and from the riverside neighbourhood’s new pedestrianised high street, Electric Boulevard, as well as improving links for residents in the wider Battersea area.
Seb Dance, deputy mayor for Transport, and Andy Lord, London’s transport commissioner, were among the first to visit the new Electric Boulevard Underground entrance, alongside local four-legged residents from the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, which is just a three-minute walk from the station. They were joined by Sam Cotton, interim CEO of Battersea Power Station Development Company, Simon Hogg, leader of Wandsworth Council, and Sarah Banham, head of community and sustainability at Battersea Power Station Development Company.
The new entrance has two escalators and a lift and provides additional capacity, helping to future-proof the station for projected increases in customer demand. It was funded by Battersea Power Station (BPS), Transport for London (TfL), the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Wandsworth Counci, stated Battersea Power Station Development Company.
The new Zone 1 London Underground station at Battersea Power Station opened on Sept 20, 2021, alongside the Northern Line Extension’s other new Tube station at Nine Elms. Since then, the two step-free Zone 1 stations have improved the area’s connectivity, reducing journey times and helping to support the ongoing delivery of around 25,000 new jobs and more than 20,000 new homes.
In the past year, the Northern Line Extension has seen 13.4 million journeys which is at the top end of TfL’s estimates from previous modelling. Battersea Power Station is the busier of the two new stations, seeing 9.4 million trips in the past year, with Nine Elms clocking just over four million trips. Battersea Power Station typically sees more than 175,000 trips per week and more than 35,000 trips are routinely recorded on the busiest days, with Saturday being the busiest. Analysis of journey times before and after opening of the extension found it had led to an average 17-minute reduction in passenger journey times between the area and the City and West End, representing a decrease of almost 50%.
“The Northern Line Extension has not only been transformative for our neighbourhood, becoming essential to our 3,000-plus residents, 7,500 workers and millions of visitors, but helps to support the jobs and livelihoods of people from across the Borough of Wandsworth, demonstrating the real and tangible impact of great public transport links,” said Cotton.
"London is for everyone, and the Mayor and I are committed to making our transport network as accessible as possible, enabling more people to enjoy all our great city has to offer.
“Opening this new station entrance in Battersea will support our ongoing work to deliver the Mayor’s ambitious target of making 50% of the network step-free by 2030 and building a better, fairer, more accessible London for everyone,” said Dance.
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