The transformation of Battersea Power Station and the wider riverside area has hit another “milestone moment” with the opening of a new Tube station entrance on the area’s pedestrianised high street.
Four years after the opening of the £1.1bn Northern Line extension, a second step-free station entrance was unveiled at Battersea Power Station’s Tube station on Monday.
Built at a cost of £21m, the “western entrance” opens out onto the development’s new pedestrianised high street, Electric Boulevard.
The new entrance, with two escalators and a lift to the ticket hall, is located underneath a vast office block already part-occupied by Foster & Partners architects, home appliance company SharkNinja and the marketing firm Team Lewis.
The Northern Line Extension branches off from Kennington and consists of two new Zone 1 stations – Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms - bringing the West End within 20 minutes of a previously disconnected part of south London.
More than 42 million journeys have been made on the Northern Line Extension since it opened in September 2021, with 9.4 million entries and exits made at Battersea Power Station in the past year.
Seb Dance, London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for transport, was joined by several dogs from the nearby Battersea Dogs & Cats Home at the opening.
Asked if the correct terminology for the station was Battersea Power Station station, Mr Dance, who grew up in Wandsworth, said: “It’s a bit like London Bridge makes ‘London London Bridge’ somewhat superfluous.
“I think Battersea Power Station will suffice - but I do like saying Battersea Power Station station.”
He praised the transformation of the landmark building and the wider riverside area. “When I was a young whippersnapper it was completely derelict, so it’s fabulous to see new life breathed into it,” he said.
“It was always a place that was inaccessible and run down – a symbol a glorious past that had faded into history.”
“It’s a destination not just for Wandsworth but for London now. People come internationally to Battersea Power Station. It’s a new centre of the city, and it’s all been possible because of this transport extension.”
Transport for London commissioner Andy Lord said: “It’s a landmark day for us. This station entrance wouldn’t have happened without the collaboration of Battersea Power Station, TfL and Wandsworth council.”
Mr Lord said it had always been planned for the western entrance to open when the above-station office block was completed. “We didn’t want to delay the opening of the main station,” he said.
Sam Cotton, Interim chief executive of Battersea Power Station Development Company, said the opening was a “milestone moment for Battersea”.
More than 3,000 people now live in the area, which sees its resident population boosted by 7,500 workers and millions of visitors. Saturday is the busiest day for Tube travel, when there can be up to 35,000 trips.
A total of 13.4 million journeys have been made on the Northern Line Extension in the last year – at the top end of TfL’s estimates.
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.
TfL says 4G and 5G connectivity should be coming to the Northern Line Extension “in the coming months”.
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Last week TfL shortlisted 17 more stations for possible step-free access. Earlier this year, Knightsbridge became the 93rd out of 272 to be made step-free.
South Kensington station is one of TfL’s main priorities – but the proposed changes are expensive.
Asked about TfL’s plans to make South Kensington step-free, Mr Lord said: “We are still engaging with all the various stakeholders. We want to make South Kensington step-free. It’s the busiest non-accessible station on the network – I think it’s the 13th busiest on the network.
“It’s so important with the museum district and the hospitals [including the Royal Marsden and the Royal Brompton] there.
“We are just trying to find a way through to ensure we can get the funding for it, because it is a very expensive scheme. But we are still pushing ahead to see how we can make that go ahead.”
